How to know if a applied paragraph style has changed

in Applescript, is there a propertie to know if a applied paragraph style in not "the original"
==> title become title+
Thanks

One way to do it in Applescript:
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"
          tell document 1
                    tell page 1
                              tell (every text frame whose label is "frame1")
-- paragraph 1 has no style overrides
                                        return style overridden of paragraph 1 --> false
-- paragraph 2's leading is different
                                        return style overridden of paragraph 2 --> true
                              end tell
                    end tell
          end tell
end tell

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Hi,
I have a JavaScript From Dave Saunders. Which Takes a list of all Para and Character styles from an InDesign File and make a .txt file.
Which works great.
So because I don't understand JavaScript and Very Basic Applescript.
I have made a basic AppleScript which Creates a Document and place the .txt file which the JavaScript created.
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set applied paragraph style of paragraph 1 to ParaName
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Oh I didn't think I had to set myStory to anything as it's the only story, so I thought it's would automacticly make it the parent story...learn something new...
I also forgot to import the Paragraph Style into the new document which I've fixed,
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How to apply paragraph styles to xml tag?

Hi All,
How to apply paragraph style to xml tag?

Hi Learner,
Try the below js code.
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try{
    mySel=app.selection[0];
    myDoc.xmlElements[0].xmlElements.add({markupTag:"TEST", xmlContent:mySel});
    }catch(e){
        alert(e);
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Is that possible we find the text then apply the paragraph style every find text.
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@s_ashok – you'll find the right methods and properties in the CHM file for InDesign CS2 at:
http://www.jongware.com/idjshelp.html
Just a few hints:
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Further: "app.findTextPreferences" and "app.changeTextPreferences" were "app.findPreferences" and "app.changePreferences" in InDesign CS2. And then there were no "findChangeTextOptions" or any counterpart for that in CS2…
That should get you running…
I have no InDesign CS2 installed to debug, so this is all I can say…
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Auto apply paragraph style

Hi all,
I m new to indesign scripting. I need a help to correct my script.
Its a basic scritpt to created to apply paragraph style 1 to the basic paragraph . after doing this, i want to apply the paragraph style 2 created to the next paragraphs likewise and so on.
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thanks
babylon.

what error does it give??
try this
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    var old_fGPref=app.findGrepPreferences.properties;
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function restoreOpt(myOpt){
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    app.changeGrepPreferences.properties=myOpt[2];
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i convert it to my table style. The body style is a numbered list:
I convert the header to an, err, Header. The cell applies the header paragraph style as I should expect:
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I'm looking for the most efficient way to all
all aspects of an existing named paragraph style "A" to another named paragraph style "B". I'd especially like to find a keyboard-only way to do this.
To my surprise,
Copy Special >
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Hi All,
Can you please anybody help me that how to apply the paragraph style which is available in Indesign with case insensitive in find/change grep options.
I have tried with below code but the style applying only with case sensitive.
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Please help me to figure out this issue.
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Hi Jarek,
Thank you for your reply. Actually I need to find the style name with tag from activeDocument.
For eq. if <lrh> or <LRH> found in activeDocument then find the "lrh" style available in Indesign and apply.
Here is my full code. Please look into it.
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findChangeTextOptions.caseSensitive = false;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(?i)^<\\s*\\w+\\s*>";
var myFoundItems = myDocument.findGrep();
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        for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter<myFoundItems.length; myCounter++)
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        for(var i = 0; i < myFoundTags.length; i++)
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                app.findChangeTextOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false;
                app.findChangeTextOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = false;
                app.findChangeTextOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = false;
                app.findChangeTextOptions.includeMasterPages = false;
                app.findChangeTextOptions.wholeWord = false;
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                myDocument.changeText();
                app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
                app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = "";
                myDocument.changeText();
                app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
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Hello,
I used FIND/CHANGE to apply my paragraph style and when I apply the paragraph style... it applies the style to the entire line.
For example,
A. #70712 resulted to A. #70712
I only wanted the "#70712" to be changed to my style. I used the GREP search and entered #.+ and then I choose the paragraph style I want and clicked change all. The problem is that it changed all the text on that line and applied the paragraph style.
Please help. Thank you very much.

graphicsoc wrote:
Hello,
I used FIND/CHANGE to apply my paragraph style and when I apply the paragraph style... it applies the style to the entire line.
For example,
A. #70712 resulted to A. #70712
I only wanted the "#70712" to be changed to my style. I used the GREP search and entered #.+ and then I choose the paragraph style I want and clicked change all. The problem is that it changed all the text on that line and applied the paragraph style.
Please help. Thank you very much.
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I'm trying to create a script that would take an array of text objects that describe what the text and style of a particular line of text is. And in some lines to apply Character Styles as well.
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                    'text': '®'
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        { 'style': 'Spacer', 'text': ' x' },
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Here's the shortest code with the problem I could come up with.... You can run it if you create two different default paragraph styles: 'Product - Description' and 'Product - Title No Indent';
The problem is that the first line should have 'Product - Description' style, but it instead it gets 'Product - Title No Indent'.
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product = {
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            'style': 'Product - Description',
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            'text': 'Designed for monitoring sterilization processes.'
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