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LINKED TEXT BOXES ON PASTEBOARD

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    • #82577
      Barry Monks
      Participant

      I accidentally left a rogue linked text box on the pasteboard. The text still flowed to the next visible one but the content was naturally lost in print. Is there any way InDesign will warn you about this?

    • #82589

      I don’t think so. I checked the Preflight settings and I don’t see anything for that.

    • #82604
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Hi,

      What about this script:
      ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
      var main = function(){
      var doc, pis, n, tf, warnLayer, clr, cp, errors = 0;

      if ( !app.properties.activeDocument ) {
      return;
      }

      doc = app.activeDocument;

      pis = doc.allPageItems;
      n = pis.length;

      if ( n ) {
      warnLayer = doc.layers.item(“WARN”);
      warnLayer.isValid && warnLayer.remove();
      warnLayer = doc.layers.add({name:”WARN”});
      warnLayer.move(LocationOptions.AT_BEGINNING);

      clr = doc.colors.item(“WARN”);
      clr.isValid && clr.remove();
      clr = doc.colors.add({
      space:ColorSpace.CMYK,
      model:ColorModel.SPOT,
      colorValue:[0,100,100,0],
      name:”WARN”
      })
      }

      while ( n– ) {
      tf = pis[n];
      if (
      (tf instanceof TextFrame)
      &&
      !tf.parentPage
      &&
      (tf.previousTextFrame!=NothingEnum.NOTHING
      ||
      tf.nextTextFrame!=NothingEnum.NOTHING )
      ){
      cp = tf.duplicate();
      cp.itemLayer = warnLayer;
      cp.fillColor = clr;
      errors++;
      }
      }

      alert(errors? errors+” errors found. Check with separations for WARN spot color” : “No errors found” );
      };

      var u;
      app.doScript(“main();”,u,u,UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT);
      ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    • #82606
      Barry Monks
      Participant

      Thanks. Unfortunately, I am not familiar at all with using scripts :(

    • #82607
      Anonymous
      Inactive
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