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in article ef8e037.-1@WebX.aaQKaf7vad4, peter long wrote:

> has any one written an applescript that just lists the pages  that contain an
> overset text frame

You could try something like this:

tell application "InDesign 2.0.1"
 tell document 1
  -- following should return {} where overset
  set theFrames to parent text frame of character -1 of stories
  set thePages to ""
  set theSpreads to ""
  repeat with i from 1 to count of theFrames
   if item i of theFrames = {} then
    -- get last frame of story
    set theObject to end text frame of parent text frame of character 1 of
story i
    -- find spread or page of story
    set theclass to nothing
    repeat
     if theclass = page then
      set thePages to thePages & (document offset of theObject) & ", "
      exit repeat
     else if theclass = spread then
      -- spread lacks index property
      set theSpreads to theSpreads & (document offset of page 1 of
theObject) & ", "
      exit repeat
     else
      set theObject to parent of theObject
      set theclass to class of theObject
     end if
    end repeat
   end if
  end repeat
 end tell
 activate
 if thePages = "" then
  display dialog "No overset stories."
 else if theSpreads = "" then
  display dialog "Overset items are on page(s) " & (text 1 thru -3 of
thePages) & "."
 else
  display dialog "Overset items are on page(s) " & thePages & "and on the
pasteboard of page(s) " & (text 1 thru -3 of theSpreads) & "."
 end if
end tell


You'll probably have to check tables separately.

-- 
Shane Stanley,  sstanley@myriad-com.com.au