AppleScripting an InDesign Paragraph Style

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2 total messages Started by Agustin_Moran Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:37

#820

Author: Agustin_Moran
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:37

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There may be a better way to do this, but the workflow was created before being handed over to me.
Basically, there is an existing AppleScript to paginate a product in InDesign, but the Paragraph Style Sheet line in AppleScript is very basic & uses the wrong font!
There is an example:

on SetTextStyles()
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
tell active document
try
set firstLineStyle to paragraph style "FirstLine"
on error
set firstLineStyle to make new paragraph style with properties {name:"FirstLine", point size:6, font:"Arial Narrow"}
end try

What this 'firstLineStyle' should relly look like is this (based on the InDesign info):
FirstLine
[Basic Paragraph] + next: [Same style] + BentonGothicCond + Bold + size: 8 pt + leading: 9.5pt + tracking: -20 + pair kern method: Optical + tabs: count = 1, [position: 140 pt, alignment: right]

I get scripting errors when I have tried (still learning AppleScript), things like the 'pair kern method' & 'tab counts' are not well liked.
Can someone tell me what I need to do to get this to work?

Thanks for any help.

Re: AppleScripting an InDesign Paragraph Style

#822

Author: Shane_Stanley
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:17

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Your first potential problem is that you're making the styles in the
application, not in a document. are you sure you want to do that?

The best way to find out what you want is to ask for the properties you
want. So:

 properties of paragraph style "FirstLine"

Add "of document 1" if that's what you mean. Copy the result, and just
delete any that you don't want.

-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
AppleScript Pro Sessions <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

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