Hey there,

Try this script out, I think that it accomplishes what you are trying to accomplish. It scales an image dynamically to ensure that it gets scaled up to 100% in the new document (rather than scaling based on the static 1000%).

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//set selection as variable
var thisItem = app.selection[0];

//create new document
var myNewDocument = app.documents.add();

//duplicate selected item to new document
var myDuplicatedItem = thisItem.duplicate(myNewDocument.pages.item(-1));

//get image within the frame
var myLinkedItem = myDuplicatedItem.pageItems[0];

//find the horizontal and vertical scale integers
var myHscale = 100 / myLinkedItem.horizontalScale;
var myVscale = 100 / myLinkedItem.verticalScale;

//Scale the image around its center point
var myScaleMatrix = app.transformationMatrices.add();
myScaleMatrix = myScaleMatrix.scaleMatrix(myHscale, myVscale);
myLinkedItem.transform(CoordinateSpaces.PASTEBOARD_COORDINATES, AnchorPoint.centerAnchor, myScaleMatrix);

//fit frame to content
myDuplicatedItem.fit(FitOptions.frameToContent);

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This could absolutely be done! What scripting language are you most familiar with?

Also, what OS are you running, OS X or Windows?

Vinny, those are both wonderfully creative solutions to this problem. Nice work!

Your line of thinking got me thinking; another option would be to have two separate text frames, (one above the object and one below) and thread them. This would cause text to break around the object and would keep the spacing exact.

Here, I added some checks, this version checks that the selected item(s) is a text frame, will alert you if it finds an invalid file path within the selected frames and will fit placed images to the frame proportionally…

Enjoy!

//Begin Script//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var mySelection = app.selection;
for(thisItem = 0; thisItem < mySelection.length; thisItem++){
var currentFrame = mySelection[thisItem];
if(currentFrame instanceof TextFrame){
var frameContents = currentFrame.paragraphs[0].contents;
var myImage = File(frameContents);
try{
currentFrame.place (myImage, false);
}catch(e){
alert(“Invalid file path!\r\rThe file \”” + frameContents + “\” could not be found. \rPlease check the file path and try again.” );
break;
}
currentFrame.fit(FitOptions.PROPORTIONALLY);
}
}
//End Script////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Hello Stephanie, I am having a bit of trouble envisioning the method/scenario that you would be having trouble with this. Which method of text wrap are you using? (Wrap around bounding box, Wrap around object shape or Jump object).

Is the object with the wrap bumping all of the text in a frame down or is text flowing around the side(s) and then across the bottom?

I am not super familiar with versions of InDesign prior to 5 but I know that since 5, the anchored object controls have been more or less the same. If you want the images to reflow and stick with a particular paragraph/set of paragraphs then I absolutely recommend using anchored objects. There are lots of tutorials out there but I have found that thoughtful experimentation with the anchored objects options is the quickest and surest way to learn.

If you want to jump-start your understanding and get an idea on where to begin then check out InDesign Magazine issue 117, it contains a great deal of info about anchored images/frames.

Hey Masood,

The batch convert script that you are referring to will also work on all open documents. You don’t need to select a folder to batch for that script to work.