Unthread text frames
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Andrew Brown
Oct 12, 2015, 7:04:22 AM10/12/15
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To break a text thread, Adobe help states :
Double-click an in port or out port to break the connection between frames.Click an in port or an out port that represents a thread to another frame. For example, in a two-framed thread, click either the out port of the first frame or the in port of the second frame. Position the loaded text icon over the previous or next frame to display the unthread icon. Click in the frame you want to remove from the thread.
Usually, but not always, the first option creates a new text frame and threads it to the frame you are trying to separate from the following frames.
The second option never displays the unthread icon, and usually creates a new frame similar to that of the first option.
Is there any way of breaking a text thread that works reliably?
AB
William Adams
Oct 12, 2015, 8:53:41 AM10/12/15
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On Oct 12, 2015, at 7:04 AM, Andrew Brown wrote:
> Is there any way of breaking a text thread that works reliably?
I just copy the frame which I don't want attached, delete it, then paste in place and delete the content.
> Is there any way of breaking a text thread that works reliably?
William
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Harbs
Oct 12, 2015, 9:06:15 AM10/12/15
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Try this script. Just select some text or the text frame and run…
BreakThread();
function BreakThread(){
if(!app.selection || !app.selection.length){
beep();
alert("Select some text.");
return;
}
var sel = app.selection[0];
if(IsText(sel)){
if(sel.parentTextFrames.length == 0){
beep();
alert("Your text appears to be overset.");
return;
}
sel.parentTextFrames.nextTextFrame = null;
} else {
if(sel instanceof TextFrame){
sel.nextTextFrame = null;
}
}
}
function IsText (obj) {
switch(obj.constructor.name){
case "InsertionPoint":
case "Character":
case "Word":
case "TextStyleRange":
case "Line":
case "Paragraph":
case "TextColumn":
case "Text":
return true;
default :
return false;
}
}
Harbs
On Oct 12, 2015, at 2:04 PM, Andrew Brown <li...@c18.net> wrote:
To break a text thread, Adobe help states :
Double-click an in port or out port to break the connection between frames.
Click an in port or an out port that represents a thread to another frame. For example, in a two-framed thread, click either the out port of the first frame or the in port of the second frame. Position the loaded text icon over the previous or next frame to display the unthread icon <Cursor_UnlikFrames.png>. Click in the frame you want to remove from the thread.
Usually, but not always, the first option creates a new text frame and threads it to the frame you are trying to separate from the following frames.The second option never displays the unthread icon, and usually creates a new frame similar to that of the first option.Is there any way of breaking a text thread that works reliably?AB
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Oct 12, 2015, 10:32:01 AM10/12/15
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There are also the scripts BreakFrame (has to be the first or last frame in a thread), DivideStoryin2 (selected frame begins a new thread), and StorySplitter (break connection between all frames in a thread). I’ve used all of them and they work well. Some of these may ship with ID but I don’t remember which. — Rebecca
BreakFrame
//BreakFrame.jsx
//An InDesign CS5 JavaScript
/*
@@@BUILDINFO@@@ "BreakFrame.jsx" 3.0.0 15 December 2009
*/
//Removes the selected text frame (or text frames) from the
//story containing the text frame and removes the text contained
//by the text frame from the story.
//
//If you want to split *all* of the text fames in the story, use the
//SplitStory.jsx script.
//
//For more information on InDesign scripting, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/scripting/index.html
//Or visit the InDesign Scripting User to User forum at http://www.adobeforums.com.
//
main();
function main(){
//Make certain that user interaction (display of dialogs, etc.) is turned on.
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
var myObjectList = new Array;
//Script does nothing if no documents are open or if no objects are selected.
if(app.documents.length != 0){
if(app.selection.length != 0){
//Process the objects in the selection to create a list of
//qualifying objects (text frames).
for(myCounter = 0; myCounter < app.selection.length; myCounter ++){
switch(app.selection[myCounter].constructor.name){
case "TextFrame":
myObjectList.push(app.selection[myCounter]);
break;
default:
if(app.selection.length == 1){
//If text is selected, then get the parent text frame.
switch(app.selection[myCounter].constructor.name){
case "Text":
case "InsertionPoint":
case "Character":
case "Word":
case "Line":
case "TextStyleRange":
case "Paragraph":
case "TextColumn":
myObjectList.push(app.selection[myCounter].parentTextFrames[0]);
break;
}
}
break;
}
}
//If the object list is not empty, pass it on to the function
//that does the real work.
if(myObjectList.length != 0){
myBreakFrames(myObjectList);
}
}
}
}
function myBreakFrames(myObjectList){
myObjectList.sort(myReverseSortByTextFrameIndex);
for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter < myObjectList.length; myCounter ++){
myBreakFrame(myObjectList[myCounter]);
}
}
function myBreakFrame(myTextFrame){
if((myTextFrame.nextTextFrame != null)||(myTextFrame.previousTextFrame != null)){
var myNewFrame = myTextFrame.duplicate();
if(myTextFrame.contents != ""){
myTextFrame.texts.item(0).remove();
}
myTextFrame.remove();
}
}
function myReverseSortByTextFrameIndex(a,b){
//By combining the story id with the text frame index, we can sort the text frames
//into the right (reverse) order in a single pass.
$.write("padded a: " + myPadString(a.id, 8)+myPadString(a.textFrameIndex, 8));
$.write("padded b: " + myPadString(b.id, 8)+myPadString(b.textFrameIndex, 8));
if((myPadString(a.id, 8)+myPadString(a.textFrameIndex, 8)) > (myPadString(b.id, 8)+myPadString(b.textFrameIndex, 8))){
return -1;
}
if((myPadString(a.id,8)+myPadString(a.textFrameIndex,8)) < (myPadString(b.id,8)+myPadString(b.textFrameIndex,8))){
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
function myPadString(myString, myLength) {
var myTempString = "";
var myNewLength = myLength-String(myString).length;
for (var myCounter = 0; myCounter<myNewLength; myCounter++) {
myTempString += "0";
}
return myTempString + myString;
}
DivideStoryin2
var tf = app.selection[0];
var i = tf.characters[0].index;
var story = tf.parentStory;
tf.previousTextFrame.nextTextFrame = null;
story.characters.itemByRange(i,-1).move(LocationOptions.AFTER,tf.insertionPoints[0]);
StorySplitter
/*
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
StorySplitter
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An InDesign CS/CS2/CS3 JavaScript by FourAces
© The Final Touch 2006
Version 3.0.0
Splits the selected Story to separate Text Frames, while maintaining their contents.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
var myScriptVer = "3.0";
if(app.documents.length != 0){
var mySelection = app.activeDocument.selection;
if(mySelection.length != 0){
myObjectType = mySelection[0].constructor.name;
if(myObjectType == "TextFrame"){
//The Interface Dialog
var myDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"Story Splitter v"+ myScriptVer});
with(myDialog){
with(dialogColumns.add()){
with (dialogRows.add()){
with(borderPanels.add()){
var mySplitOptions = radiobuttonGroups.add();
with(mySplitOptions){
radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Split All Frames", checkedState:true});
radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Split Before Selected Frame"});
radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Split After Selected Frame"});
}
}
}
with (dialogRows.add()){
staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"© The Final Touch"});
}
}
}
var myResult = myDialog.show({name:"SplitOptions"});
if(myResult == true){
var myStory = mySelection[0].parentStory;
if(app.version.split(".")[0] >= 5){
var myTextFrames = myStory.textContainers;
}
else{
var myTextFrames = myStory.textFrames;
}
var myStoryFramesCount = myTextFrames.length;
if(myStoryFramesCount > 1){
for(f = 0; f < myStoryFramesCount; f++){
if (mySelection[0] == myStory.textFrames[f]){
var myTextFrame = f;
}
}
switch(mySplitOptions.selectedButton){
case 0:
mySplitAll();
break;
case 1:
mySplitBefore();
break;
case 2:
mySplitAfter();
break;
}
}
else{
alert("Are You Kidding Me?!\nThe Story you selected has only ONE text frame.");
}
}
}
else{
alert("Wrong Selection\nYou selected the wrong type of object. Please select a Text Frame.");
}
}
else{
alert("No Selection Made.\nPlease select a Story to split.");
}
}
else{
alert("No Active Document Found.\nPlease open an InDesign document and select a Story to split.");
}
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function mySplitAll(){
for(i = 0; i < myStoryFramesCount; i++){
myTextFrames[i].duplicate();
}
for(i = 0; i < myStoryFramesCount; i++){
if(app.version.split(".")[0] >= 5){
myTextFrames[i].remove();
}
else{
myTextFrames[0].remove();
}
}
}
function mySplitBefore(){
if(mySelection[0].previousTextFrame == null){
alert("Unable Break Thread.\nThe selected Text Frame is the FIRST text frame of the thread.");
}
else{
var myBfBreakFrame = mySelection[0].previousTextFrame;
var myAfBreakFrame = mySelection[0];
var myBreakStory = myBfBreakFrame.parentStory;
mySelection[0].previousTextFrame = null;
if(myBfBreakFrame.overflows == true){
var myOversetText = myBreakStory.texts.itemByRange(myBfBreakFrame.insertionPoints[-1],myBreakStory.insertionPoints[-1]);
myOversetText.select();
app.cut();
app.select(myAfBreakFrame.insertionPoints[0]);
app.paste();
}
}
}
function mySplitAfter(){
if(mySelection[0].nextTextFrame == null){
alert("Unable Break Thread.\nThe selected Text Frame is the LAST text frame of the thread.");
}
else{
var myBfBreakFrame = mySelection[0];
var myAfBreakFrame = mySelection[0].nextTextFrame;
var myBreakStory = myBfBreakFrame.parentStory;
mySelection[0] .nextTextFrame = null;
if(myBfBreakFrame.overflows == true){
var myOversetText = myBreakStory.texts.itemByRange(myBfBreakFrame.insertionPoints[-1],myBreakStory.insertionPoints[-1]);
myOversetText.select();
app.cut();
app.select(myAfBreakFrame.insertionPoints[0]);
app.paste();
}
}
}
Judy Hicks
Oct 14, 2015, 3:16:00 PM10/14/15
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Hello,
can you search on a paragraph style and replace the previous paragraph style with another? I have a cookbook with a line that says “x servings” and the previous line is the recipe title. I am in indesign cs6 but have cc2014 if that has better options.
Thank you!
judy
Judy Hicks
Oct 14, 2015, 4:37:49 PM10/14/15
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Oh. My. God.
Worth the $49 even if I wasn’t able to use the demo (up to 3 searches). Stylin!
William Adams
Oct 14, 2015, 4:40:31 PM10/14/15
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Yes.
- Bring up the Find dialog
- if need be, click on More Options
- click on the Magnifying Glass T icon next to the Find Format pane
- select the appropriate style to find in the Find Format Settings window
- repeat for Change Format
- click on Change all
William
William Adams
Oct 14, 2015, 4:43:15 PM10/14/15
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Oh. Okay. Here's how to do what you actually asked for:
- Use GREP to find the paragraph containing X servings
- replace w/ a marker text, new paragraph, then the contents of the current paragraph
Then search for paragraph, marker text, new paragraph, replace w/ marker text, paragraph and apply the paragraph style.
Then clean up by deleting the marker text
William
Boris Kas
Oct 14, 2015, 4:50:48 PM10/14/15
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Judy Hicks
Oct 14, 2015, 5:02:38 PM10/14/15
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Thanks William!
Bret Perry
Oct 14, 2015, 5:57:39 PM10/14/15
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Great! Thanks Boris!
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Harbs
Oct 16, 2015, 5:46:59 AM10/16/15
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FWIW, I believe this is one of the functions of Style Utilities: http://in-tools.com/products/plugins/style-utilities/
Harbs
Andrew Brown
Oct 16, 2015, 8:05:49 AM10/16/15
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Perfect, Harbs, many thanks. — AB
katmcg
Oct 17, 2015, 1:10:41 PM10/17/15
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Currently I’m using Olav’s break frame js in cs6. I’ve been using it for years. Will it work in ID cc 2015?
Kat
katmcg
Oct 17, 2015, 1:13:57 PM10/17/15
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It's OlavsBreakThread.jsx
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