How to divide all textFrames in one-character-per-textFrame?

Question

Hello:
How to divide all textFrames in one-character-per-textFrame?
Example: the textFrame "Letters" will be divided in 7 textFrames: "L", "e", "t", "t", "e", "r", "s".
Help, please.

Answer 1

Hi Paul, try this one
#target Illustrator
//  script.name = splitSelectedFramesIntoWords2.0.jsx;
//  script.description = splits selected texFrames into separate words;
//  script.required = select point text textFrames before running;
//  script.parent = CarlosCanto;  // 10/14/11
//  script.elegant = false;
var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var sel = idoc.selection; // get selection
var selCount = sel.length; // count items
var tFrames = []; // to hold the textFrames
for (j=selCount ; j>0 ; j--) // loop thru selection & get textFrames backwards
                    tFrames[j-1] = sel[j-1];
for (k = 0 ; k<tFrames.length ; k++) // loop thru textFrames
                    var xpos = tFrames[k].position[0]; // get x
                    var ypos = tFrames[k].position[1]; // get y
                    var words = tFrames[k].contents.split(/\s/g); // get all words into an array
                    //$.writeln(words);
                    var space = tFrames[k].duplicate(); // dup to get width of a space
                    space.contents = " ";
                    var sw = space.width;
                    space.contents = words[0]; // replace space with first word
                    var w = space.width;
                    var wordCount = words.length; // count words
                    for (i=1; i<wordCount ; i++) // loop thru words
                                        xpos2 = xpos+w+sw; // next words position = previous word pos+width+space
                                        var iword = space.duplicate(); // duplicate previous word
                                        iword.contents = words[i]; // add next word
                                        iword.position = [xpos2,ypos]; // position the character = original position + new width
                                        w = iword.width; // get words width
                                        xpos = iword.position[0]; // get words position
                    tFrames[k].remove(); // remove textFrame