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• • July 1, 2010 at 8:26 am #56230
    Ann Farr

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    Despite the fact that Word's footnotes style is mapped to mine set up in InDesign CS4, the text never comes in formatted properly. This means I have to go through the footnotes one by one (and there are hundreds in each chapter): click, press Option key and Footnote ParaStyle. Click, press Option key and Footnote Style etc. etc. x hundred times per chapter. Why can't one just select them all?

    The other thing I find maddening about Footnotes is that if one selects all the body text and does a Find/Change to the selection, the changes also happen to the Footnotes (which haven't been selected for goodness sake). Gah!!!

    Baffled in Britain!

  • July 1, 2010 at 2:50 pm #56237
    Theunis De Jong

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    1. Does this script help?

    myDialog = app.dialogs.add ({name:”Style Notes”,canCancel:true});

    parstyles = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.everyItem().name;

    with (myDialog)
    {
    with (dialogColumns.add())
    {
    with (dialogRows.add())
    pstyle = dropdowns.add ({stringList:parstyles, selectedIndex:0});
    }
    }
    if (!myDialog.show())
    {
    myDialog.destroy();
    exit(0);
    }

    s = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles[pstyle.selectedIndex];
    app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().footnotes.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle = s;

    2. “Include Footnotes” is an option in Find/Change … one of the itty bitty icons under the “Search” field. I believe it's on by default.

  • July 2, 2010 at 12:58 am #56241
    Ann Farr

    Member

    Thank you so much Jongware. I'll certainly give this script a go. When the Word doc is Placed and the styles mapped, InD 'knows' the footnotes are footnotes because if I click on a footnote, the ParaStyle highlights 'Footnotes+”. In Type>Footnote Options I've set the style to 'Footnotes' — but somehow that little plus sign always shoes in the ParaStyles panel. I've tried the Find/Change Find Format (footnotes) to Change Format (footnotes) just in case it applies the style by force, so to speak, but nothing happens.

    So I'll run the script. Thank you very much for your generosity.

  • July 2, 2010 at 1:23 am #56243
    Ann Farr

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    THANK YOU so much Jongware — you must have been able to hear the shout of delight on your side of the pond (assuming you're in the US). It works! “Well of course” do I hear you say? You've already saved me about half an hour this morning and will save me loads more time. Thank you very much indeed.

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