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June 19, 2018 at 1:09 pm in reply to: Converting Existing Footnotes to End-notes Selectively. #104357
Peter KahrelParticipantInteresting. The below script does what you want. An alternative would be to place the sidenotes anchored frames (a variant of https://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/sidenotes.html). This alternative requires the set-up of some styles but is probably easier to use in the long run.
Anyway, here’s the script. Select the footnote you want to convert and run the script.
Peter
function () { if (app.selection.length && app.selection[0] instanceof Character && app.selection[0].contents == SpecialCharacters.FOOTNOTE_SYMBOL) { var sep = app.documents[0].footnoteOptions.separatorText.length; var story = app.selection[0].parentStory; var n = story.insertionPoints.itemByRange (0, app.selection[0].index).footnotes.length; var fnote = story.footnotes[n]; var ix = fnote.storyOffset.index; var enote = fnote.storyOffset.createEndnote(); // InDesign adds a space after the new endnote, delete it. if (story.characters[p+1].contents == ' ') { story.characters[p+1].contents = ''; } fnote.characters.itemByRange (0, sep+1).contents = ''; fnote.texts[0].move (LocationOptions.AFTER, enote.insertionPoints[-1]); fnote.remove(); } }());Peter KahrelParticipantCan you not paste the InDesign documents into one document? Or are the documents too big and/or too complex for that? If you really have to roundtrip them via Word, you’ll have to convert the index markers as plain text, do the roundtrip, then convert the index text tags to Indesign index markers. See https://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/lists_indexes.html under ‘convert page references to text tags’ and ‘Build index from textual markers’.
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Peter KahrelParticipantOk, third time lucky we all hope. Use
\.psdand don’t add anything. Not \ w, not anything at all. Nothing.Peter KahrelParticipantRafael — Read David’s post carefully. Look for
\.psd— you have a space before ‘psd’ so you won’t find any .psd extensions.P.
April 20, 2018 at 4:57 am in reply to: GREP pagenumbers to page range when consecutive pages #103203Peter KahrelParticipantA single GREP isn’t going to do this for you, you need a bit more machinery. Here’s a script that does what you’re after:
https://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/index_update.html
Peter
Peter KahrelParticipantOne possibility is to use short forms of the DOIs (placeholders) as section prefixes and create a table that maps the short forms to long forms. A relatively simple script would have to override the text frames with the page number on to the document pages so that you can expand the placeholder DOI and mark it up for the index. That script should expand those short forms in the toc and in the index.
April 4, 2018 at 1:03 am in reply to: Need help with GREP code find pronunciations in text. but only pronunciations. #102845Peter KahrelParticipantThe question is, how do you tell the difference between pronunciation keys and parentheticals that are not pronunciation keys? The presence of stress marks? Capitals? Any systematic difference?
Peter KahrelParticipant…findWhat = “d+.t”;
You have to double the backslashes. There’s no need for the parentheses.
And it might be a good idea to start a new topic for a new query.
And since this query is a script problem, ask the question in the scripting forum.P.
Peter KahrelParticipantPeter KahrelParticipantAh, pasting a fixed space there works indeed — clever, but far from obvious, mon brave. Why didn’t you mention pasting a character there in the first place?
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Peter KahrelParticipantMichel — Did you try including a non-breaking space in the Number field of the Numbering Style panel of the paragraph style window? If you got it to work, please share.
Peter
Peter KahrelParticipantKirk — The use of hyphens and dashes differs in the UK and the US (and other Anglophone countries). For US use, consult the Chicago Manual of Style. For UK usage, use New Hart’s Rules (by Oxford University Press).
Nigel’s approach is a funny hybrid. Generally, in the US you use unspaced em-dashes, in Europe (including the UK), spaced en-dashes. So 80% em-dashes with thin or half spaces is somewhere in-between US and European usage. Even their names differ on both sides of the pond: what you call em- and en-dashes are called em- and en-rules in the UK!
Anyway, it’s up to the publisher how they want the punctuation to appear. If your job is for an individual who leaves the design and the copy-edit to you, then follow either the CMS or the Hart’s.
Peter
Peter KahrelParticipantThe “Convert endnotes to static endnotes” script needed a fix, it’s updated and on the web.
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Peter KahrelParticipantDifficult to say, Jamie. Could you send me the file so I can see what goes wrong?
Peter KahrelParticipantHere’s a script to convert InDesign 2018 endnotes to static notes:
https://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/footnote_endnote_conversion_cc2018.html> Can I cut and paste the marker to the correct spot
The cross-reference? Yes, you can.
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