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Script to convert all text variables
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7:55 am
June 21, 2011


jpannier

Bielefeld, Germany

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Is there a script to convert all text variables in all open documents at once?

Jeldrik

9:58 am
June 25, 2011


tomaxxi

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Post edited 9:58 am – June 25, 2011 by tomaxxi
Post edited 10:00 am – June 25, 2011 by tomaxxi
Post edited 10:01 am – June 25, 2011 by tomaxxi
Post edited 10:02 am – June 25, 2011 by tomaxxi

Hey Jeldrik,

Try this:


try{
 for(var i = 0; i < app.documents.length; i++){
  app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().textVariableInstances.everyItem().convertToText();}
}catch(e){alert("Something gone wrong!r" + e);};


Hope that helps.

–

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11:50 am
June 25, 2011


jctremblay

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Hi Marijan! 

The script is good also for converting Live Captions into text since they are basically a Variable Text.


JC

11:55 am
June 25, 2011


tomaxxi

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jctremblay said:

Hi Marijan! 

The script is good also for converting Live Captions into text since they are basically a Variable Text.


JC

Exactly! :-)

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2:15 pm
June 25, 2011


jpannier

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Thanks Marijan,

I'll test it tomorrow. I'm glad you helped me. It's an important piece in things of creating page numbers within epubs (by using a text variable pointing to an automatic generated page number by a paragraph stile and anchor it after the last character of a textframe before splitting the story and replacing all the special characters – see my post: http://indesignsecrets.com/for…..n-an-epub).


Greetings from Germany

Jeldrik

12:57 am
June 27, 2011


jpannier

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It works perfect – thanks again.

Jeldrik

7:18 am
July 11, 2011


orielwen

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I'm trying to do something similar in Applescript, for much the same reason.  But

tell (every text variable instance) to convert to text

doesn't seem to work. I get the following:

error "Adobe InDesign CS5 got an error: every text variable instance of active document doesn’t understand the convert to text message." number -1708 from every text variable instance of active document

Yet the dictionary seems to indicate that this ought to work:

convert to text specifier : Supported by the following objects: note, footnote, text variable, text variable instance.

Any ideas?

3:42 am
July 12, 2011


orielwen

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Ah, I'm being stupid again.

tell (every text variable instance of every story) to convert to text

That does it.
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