Include rotation angle in a style?

Question

I do a lot of photo credits where a text box is rotated 90 degrees up the photo, like this:
Anyway, is there a way to specify a style (either character, paragraph or object) that automatically rotates the text box 90 degrees so I can save this style? I figure it should be an object style, but I'm just missing it.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Here is the script.
It works here on my french system but was not tested elsewhere, so let's hope for the best.
//text-2-©
//  An InDesign CS3 JavaScript
// Takes a paragraph of text and puts it in 90° anti-clockwise rotated autosized block with object style
// The two or three lines that need to be edited are noted thus : TO BE EDITED
main() ;
function main() {
// testing if a document exists
     if (app.documents.length != 0) {
          // testing if we have a selection
          if (app.selection.length > 0) {
               // testing the kind of selection we got
               switch(app.selection[0].constructor.name) {
                    case "InsertionPoint" :
                    case "Character" :
                    case "Word" :
                    case "Line" :
                    // for these 4 cases, we nee to select the entire paragraph before going on
                         func_SelectionParagraphe() ;
                         func_PassageBlocCopyright(app.selection[0]) ;
                         break ;
                    case "Paragraph" :
                    // correct case, we can go on without touching anything
                         func_PassageBlocCopyright(app.selection[0]) ;
                         break ;
                    case "Text" :
                    // counting paragraphs before deciding what to do
                         if (app.selection[0].paragraphs.count() > 1) {
                              // too many paragraphs, alert the user and abort.
                              alert ("Too many paragraphs. Place the selection inside one paragraph and try again.") ;
                         else {
                              // correct number of paragraphs, going on
                              func_SelectionParagraphe() ;
                              func_PassageBlocCopyright(app.selection[0]) ;
                         break ;
                    case "TextStyleRange" :
                         // bad case, alert the user and abort
                         alert ("Text was found \"" + app.selection[0].constructor.name + "\" note the selection" ) ;
                         break ;
                    default :
                         // pas de texte dans la sélection, alert the user and abort
                         alert ( "Place the cursor in a text paragraph. \"" + app.selection[0].constructor.name + "\"" ) ;
                         break ;
          // cursor not in text, alert the user and abort.
          else { alert ("Place the cursor in a text paragraph. Try again.") ; }
     // no open document, alert the user and abort
     else { alert ("No open document. Open one and try again.") ; }
function func_SelectionParagraphe() {
     // making sure that the full paragraph is selected
     app.selection = app.selection[0].paragraphs[0] ;
function func_PassageBlocCopyright(monCopyPara) {
     var monDoc = app.documents[0] ;
     // we assign the name of the objectStyle. NEEDS TO BE EDITED
     var monStyle = monDoc.objectStyles.itemByName("bloc - copyright") ;
     var monBlocCopy = monDoc.pages.item(0).textFrames.add() ;
     // we assign a default size to the box. MAY NEED TO BE EDITED
     monBlocCopy.geometricBounds = [50, 50, 100, 150] ;
     monBlocCopy.textFramePreferences.ignoreWrap = true ;
     monBlocCopy.contents = monCopyPara.contents ;
// we check if the text begins with a '©', if not we add it at the start
     app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null ;
     app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "^\\s+" ;
     monBlocCopy.changeGrep() ;
     app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\s+$" ;
     monBlocCopy.changeGrep() ;
     app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "^([^~2])" ; // ~2 = copyright
     app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "~2 $1" ;
     monBlocCopy.changeGrep() ;
     app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null ;
// adjusting the size of the block, now that the text is complete
     monBlocCopy.applyObjectStyle ( monStyle, 1, 1 ) ;
     if (monBlocCopy.overflows) {
          monBlocCopy.textFramePreferences.ignoreWrap = true ;
          monBlocCopy.fit ( FitOptions.frameToContent ) ;
          monBlocCopy.textFramePreferences.ignoreWrap = false ;
     } else {
          monBlocCopy.fit ( FitOptions.frameToContent ) ;
// rotating the block
     monBlocCopy.absoluteRotationAngle = 90 ;
     // selecting the block, and putting it at the center of the screen,
     app.selection = monBlocCopy ;
     app.cut () ;
     app.paste () ;
     // selecting the black arrow tool. NEEDS TO BE EDITED FOR LANGUAGE
     app.menuActions.itemByName( "Outil Sélection" ).invoke () ;
     // removing the original paragraph.
     monCopyPara.remove() ;