[AS] CS3- Find any text with style, then replace that text with a new applied fill color.

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2 total messages Started by Bradford_Armstrong Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:17

#1175

Author: Bradford_Armstrong
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:17

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I am trying to find the simplest way in cs3 to find any text with style, then replace that text with a new fill color. I can find text and change text. I can find a style and change it to a new style. I can't seem to find a style and change the applied fill color. I do not want to change the properties of the style, just the applied color. Yes, I want the + sign, for now. I know, why not update the style, I am not allowed to. Any help would be great. Since the search is not available, I need a new response.

Thanks.

Re: [AS] CS3- Find any text with style, then replace that text with a new applied fill color.

#1179

Author: Shane_Stanley
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:27

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You can work around the bug by just doing a find, then looping through the
results, changing the color one at a time. It'll be a fraction slower, but
should do the trick:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
    set find text preferences to nothing
    set properties of find text preferences to {applied paragraph style:"The
name"}
    set theFinds to find text document 1
    repeat with i from 1 to count of theFinds
        set properties of item i of theFinds to {fill color:"Replace color"}
    end repeat
end tell

The bug is fixed in CS4, BTW.

-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
AppleScript Pro Florida, April 2009 <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

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