[CS2][JS]Superscript to Footnotes

Question

Hello scripters,
I converted a scanned pdf to doc and then load in inDesign my problem is the footnotes became superscript numbers.
Is there any way we can convert superscript numbers to footnotes in InDesign?
Thanks,
CharlesD

Answer 1

Hi Charles,
The difficulty is that footnotes imported from your doc-file are not formatted in superscript. They partially formatted with 9 points size,  partially with 10, so it's difficult to differentiate them from the main text.
I offer you to do the following approach:
1 Create a paragraph style "Fnote" and assign it a different color – e.g. blue (Footnotes-1a.indd)
2 Apply "Fnote" style to footnote text:
Go to find/Change > GREP and select these options
Find What: .+$
Find Format: size 9 pt
Change Format: paragraph style "Fnote"
Click Change All (Footnotes-1b.indd)
3 Run the script
Now you have to manually move footnote references (in blue) to their original positions (in black).
This solution is far from perfect: not all text is converted to footnotes, not all original text is removed. To make it perfect would require a day, two or more of work, but I have no time for this.
Kasyan
myDoc = app.activeDocument;
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "Fnote";
myTexts = myDoc.findText();
for (i = 0; i < myTexts.length; i++) {
    myText = myTexts[i];
    myPars = myText.paragraphs;
    for (j = 0; j < myPars.length; j++) {
        myPar = myPars[j];
        myFN = myPar.parentStory.footnotes.add(LocationOptions.BEFORE, myPar.insertionPoints[0]);
        myFN.texts[0].insertionPoints[-1].contents = myPar.contents.substr(0, myPar.contents.length-1);
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(?<=~F)(.+)";
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "Fnote";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "";
myDoc.changeGrep();
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
alert("Done");
P.S. The attachment got stuck in the forum, as usual. I'll send it to you by e-mail.