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• • February 8, 2019 at 3:55 pm #114269
    Ty Gallander

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    I’m trying to use one InCopy file in two text frames in the same InDesign file but with different paragraph styles in each frame.

    I start with an InDesign file that has two text frames with different paragraph styles applied. I export the story in the first text frame as the InCopy file like this:

    set thisStory to parent story of firstFrame
    tell thisStory to export format InCopy markup to (inCopyFolder & “TheStory.imcl”)

    Then I place the InCopy file into the second text frame like this:

    set tempFrame to place (inCopyFolder & “TheStory.icml”) as alias on secondFrame

    The style of the 2nd frame is overridden by the 1st frame’s style – i.e, they both end up having the same paragraph style. Is there a way to modify the place command above to ignore the style information in the InCopy file? Or any other suggestions on how to set this up with a script?

    Thanks!

  • February 10, 2019 at 8:48 am #114306
    David Blatner

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    There might be some helpful info here:
    https://creativepro.com/updating-bits-of-text-across-multiple-documents.php

    • February 11, 2019 at 6:29 pm #114364
      Ty Gallander

      Member

      Thanks, but unless I missed it, that doesn’t address needing different styles in the two text frames.

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