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Hi Martin,

Here's the script I use. I wrote it as a tool for a particular project that required me to preserve Bold, Italic, superscript, subscript, and certain Greek symbols.

//DESCRIPTION: Converts to character styles in selection (if any) or document (if not)

Object.prototype.isInArray = function(myArray){ 
  for (var i=0; myArray.length > i; i++) { 
    if(myArray[i] == this){ 
      return true; 
    } 
  } 
  return false; 
}

if (app.documents.length == 0) { exit() } 
if (app.selection.length == 0) { 
  if (!confirm("Are you sure you want to process the whole document?")) { 
    exit(); 
  } 
  theRange = app.activeDocument; 
} else { 
  theRange = app.selection[0]; 
  if (!theRange.constructor.name.isInArray(["Table", "Cell"]) && (theRange.insertionPoints.length == 1)) { 
    theRange = getParentTextFlow(theRange) 
  } 
} 
myStyles = ["Italic","Bold"]; 
myPosns = ["superscript","subscript"]; 
myPosnEnums = [Position.superscript,Position.subscript]; 
myDoc = app.activeDocument; 
try { 
  //This will do nothing if the style named "Sym"  does not exist already 
  myCharStyle = myDoc.characterStyles.item('Sym'); 
  mySymbols = ["κ","α","β","δ","Δ","ζ","γ","ε","λ", "θ"]; // "�", 
  app.findPreferences = null; 
  app.changePreferences = null; 
  for (var i=0; mySymbols.length > i; i++) { 
    theRange.search(mySymbols[i],false,false,undefined,{},{appliedCharacterStyle:myCharStyle}) 
  } 
} catch (e) { 
  //ignore error 
} 
noCharStyle = app.activeDocument.characterStyles[0]; 
for (var j = 0; myStyles.length > j; j++) { 
  try { 
    myCharStyle = myDoc.characterStyles.item(myStyles[j]); 
    myCharStyle.name; 
  } catch (e) { 
    myDoc.characterStyles.add({name:myStyles[j],fontStyle:myStyles[j]}) 
    myCharStyle = myDoc.characterStyles.item(myStyles[j]); 
  } 
  app.findPreferences = null; 
  app.changePreferences = null; 
  theRange.search("",false,false,undefined,{appliedCharacterStyle:noCharStyle,fontStyle:myStyles[j]},{appliedCharacterStyle:myStyles[j]}); 
} 
for (var j = 0; myPosns.length > j; j++) { 
  try { 
    myCharStyle = myDoc.characterStyles.item(myPosns[j]); 
    myCharStyle.name; 
  } catch (e) { 
    myDoc.characterStyles.add({name:myPosns[j],position:myPosnEnums [j]}) 
    myCharStyle = myDoc.characterStyles.item(myPosns[j]); 
  } 
  app.findPreferences = null; 
  app.changePreferences = null; 
  theRange.search("",false,false,undefined,{appliedCharacterStyle:noCharStyle,position:myPosnEnums[j]},{appliedCharacterStyle:myPosns[j]}); 
} 
// +++++++ Functions Start Here +++++++++++++++++++++++

function getParentTextFlow(theTextRef) { 
  // Returns reference to parent story or text of cell, as appropriate 
  if (theTextRef.parent.constructor.name == "Cell") { 
    return theTextRef.parent.texts[0]; 
  } else { 
    return theTextRef.parentStory; 
  } 
}

This is quite an old script. I've recently changed my approach for some of the things done in this script, but I've not gone back and updated this one to use my current style (if it ain't broke ... ).

To add more text formatting styles to the script, just extend the array "myStyles" on line 25 (or thereabouts).

Dave