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• • August 2, 2018 at 2:51 pm #105178
    Anonymous

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    Hello, I am new to InDesign scripting and am looking for a possible solution.

    I have a large document that I need to extract specific text from. All of the text I need has been styled with the same point size, font style and type.

    The type is setup as follows:

    Helvetica Neue LT Std
    8 pt
    75 Bold

    I am hoping someone might have done this or something similar before, but I could not find anything similar on the forums.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you in advance.

  • August 3, 2018 at 3:06 am #105181
    Kai Rübsamen

    Member

    What does extract mean?

    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.properties= {
      fontFamily: "Helvetica Neue (T1)",
      fontStyle: "75 Bold",
      pointSize: 8	
    };
    
    var res = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    var nRes = res.length;
    var listToDisplay = [];
    
    for (var i = 0; i < nRes; i++) {
      listToDisplay.push(res[i].contents);
    }
    
    alert(listToDisplay.join("\r"));
    

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