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9 total messages Started by sandy9000 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:27

#643

Author: sandy9000
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:27

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WinXP--IDCS3,5.0.4
Currently working on a template for multiple users and would prefer to keep only one template & script major font change. Unfortunately, I'm not a scripter, but I think this can be automated somehow. looking for a javascript to change all font family "Adobe Garamond Pro" to font family "Adobe Whatever Pro". User could then go in to script and modify with new font family name change.
thanks
sandy

Re: auto font swap

#645

Author: Fred_Goldman
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:35

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So you want these changed in the style definition, of just in the text 
in the template?

Re: auto font swap

#517

Author: sandy9000
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:42

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In the style definition would be the best.

thanks
sandy

Re: auto font swap

#521

Author: Fred_Goldman
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:15

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Here's a start. It will loop through the files in a folder. You can 
customize it to whatever fonts and font styles you need.

<PRE><BR>
myFolder = Folder (["~/Documents/InDesign Documents"])
myFiles = myFolder.getFiles()
for(var i = 0; i &lt; myFiles.length; i++){
&nbsp;&nbsp;var myDoc =&nbsp;&nbsp;app.open(myFiles[i])
&nbsp;&nbsp;for(var j= 1; myDoc.characterStyles.length&gt;j; j++){
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if(myDoc.characterStyles[j].appliedFont == 
"Adobe Garamond Pro"  &amp;&amp; myDoc.characterStyles[j].fontStyle == 
"Regular"){
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myDoc.characterStyles[j].appliedFont = "Adobe 
Whatever Pro"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myDoc.characterStyles[j].fontStyle = "Regular"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}else{
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if(myDoc.characterStyles[j].appliedFont 
== "Adobe Garamond Pro" &amp;&amp; myDoc.characterStyles[j].fontStyle == 
"Bold"){
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myDoc.characterStyles[j].appliedFont 
= "Adobe Whatever Pro"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myDoc.characterStyles[j].fontStyle 
= "Bold"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp;}
&nbsp;&nbsp;myDoc.close(SaveOptions.yes,myDoc.fullName)
}
</PRE>

Re: auto font swap

#523

Author: Fred_Goldman
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:17

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Apparently it only works in the web view, not from a newsreader.

Re: auto font swap

#522

Author: Fred_Goldman
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:17

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Hmm, why didn't Harbs' script poster work?




 
myFolder = Folder (["~/Documents/InDesign Documents"]) 
myFiles = myFolder.getFiles() 
for(var i = 0; i < myFiles.length; i++){ 
  var myDoc =  app.open(myFiles[i]) 
  for(var j= 1; myDoc.characterStyles.length>j; j++){ 
    if(myDoc.characterStyles[j].appliedFont == "Adobe Garamond Pro"  && myDoc.characterStyles[j].fontStyle == "Regular"){ 
    myDoc.characterStyles[j].appliedFont = "Adobe Whatever Pro" 
    myDoc.characterStyles[j].fontStyle = "Regular" 
    }else{ 
      if(myDoc.characterStyles[j].appliedFont == "Adobe Garamond Pro" && myDoc.characterStyles[j].fontStyle == "Bold"){ 
        myDoc.characterStyles[j].appliedFont = "Adobe Whatever Pro" 
        myDoc.characterStyles[j].fontStyle = "Bold" 
      } 
    } 
  } 
  myDoc.close(SaveOptions.yes,myDoc.fullName) 
}

Re: auto font swap

#526

Author: sandy9000
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:16

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harbs poster ?

s

Re: auto font swap

#527

Author: Fred_Goldman
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:29

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Harbs made a script to make posting scripts on the forum easier.

It shouldn't be difficult at all to customize the last script for your 
needs.

1) Just change character styles to paragraph styles if that's what you need.

2) Fill in the correct path in the first line.

3) Replace the font names in quotes to the ones you want to find and 
replace with.

Re: auto font swap

#541

Author: sandy9000
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:08

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Thanks Fred --
If I want to add paragraph styles to script as well, is this the portion of script I would copy & paste, then modify?

if(myDoc.characterStyles[j].appliedFont == "Adobe Garamond Pro" && myDoc.characterStyles[j].fontStyle == "Bold"){
        myDoc.characterStyles[j].appliedFont = "Adobe Whatever Pro"
        myDoc.characterStyles[j].fontStyle = "Bold"

Users will be running script on an open InDesign file, would that change beginning (path portion) of script?

s

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