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• • April 22, 2010 at 8:08 am #55551
    Which_mike

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    Hi

    OK, so I have 100-page section in a magazine, all data tables. I want to search the table for 'Specified text' and, where found, change the height of that row to 8.25mm.

    And I'm stuck…

    Can anyone help?

  • April 22, 2010 at 8:12 am #55552
    Anonymous

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    That can't be done by “conventional indesign trickery” unfortunately. But in my mind it sounds like it could be scripted. Although that's as much insight as I can offer on that.

  • April 22, 2010 at 8:22 am #55553
    Which_mike

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    Yeah, there's an 'autogrow' script function somewhere that sounds tantalisingly like what i'm after, but buggered if I can set it up…

  • April 23, 2010 at 2:33 am #55559
    Theunis De Jong

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    “autoGrow” is part of the answer — it corresponds to “Exactly xx mm” in the interface. The other part is, well, actually changing the row height. Fortunately, ID allows all kinds of shortcuts. If you find your specified text and its 'parent' (i.o.w., the containing element) is a cell, you can immediately set the new row height into that. ID is smart enough not to try and apply this on just a single cell.

    Putting it together into a javascript:

    app.findTextPreferences = null;
    app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = “Specified text”;

    results = app.activeDocument.findText();
    for (a=0; a<results.length; a++)
    if (results[a].parent instanceof Cell)
    results[a].parent.properties = {autoGrow:false, height:”8.25mm”};

    (Note: sometimes this editor changes straight quotes to curlies. JS only accepts straight quotes — change where necessary!)

  • April 23, 2010 at 3:25 am #55560
    Which_mike

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    Theunis my friend, I'm not sure if it's love or awe that I'm feeling, but thanks for the help – a lifesaver!

    Mike

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