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• • June 27, 2013 at 9:41 am #34080
    Stuart Horner

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    Thanks to Jongwareâ??s examples, I have written a script to processes tables and conditionally alter column widths but the scope is currently document wide. Could anyone please give me an example of how to limit the processed tables to just the current story, or even better, only tables included within selected text.

  • June 28, 2013 at 1:38 am #34090
    Theunis De Jong

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    Glad you like the article! This is, by the way, exactly how I learned to write scripts: start with an original working script, customize some details to fit, and then try to change it to do *exactly* what you need.

    The line that’s responsible for processing tables document-wide is this one, in the function checkUserSelection:

    allTables = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().getElements();

    To process only tables in the ‘current’ story, change it to this:

    allTables = app.selection[0].parentStory.tables.everyItem().getElements();

    .. and to process only tables inside a text selection, try this:

    allTables = app.selection[0].tables.everyItem().getElements();

  • June 28, 2013 at 8:59 am #34097
    Stuart Horner

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    Thanks once again Jongware, that works perfectly. I am really enjoying scripting and those I have written so far have cut a lot of time and tedium from my work.

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