Re: [AS] Coloring a single Character

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From: Peter Boctor
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 22:17

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There are a couple ways of doing this. One is by using a whose clause, the other is by using the Search command. 

tell application "InDesign 2.0.1" 
�����tell document 1 
����������set myColor to swatch "Red" 
����������tell text frame 1 
���������������-- first way 
���������������set the fill color of (every character where the contents of it is "y") to myColor 
���������������-- second way 
���������������search for "y" with change attributes {fill color:myColor} 
����������end tell 
�����end tell 
end tell

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