Is it possible to remove all tables at once from an InDesign document?

Question

Hello,
I have a long document with embedded tables. I now need to shorten the document to a list, basically, and would like to delete all of the tables.
Does anyone know if there is there a way to do this without having to select and delete each table individually?
Thanks,
T.

Answer 1

This isn't exactly simple, but:
//DESCRIPTION: Select next table in story
if (app.documents.length > 0 &&
        app.selection.length == 1 &&
            app.selection[0].hasOwnProperty("baseline")) {
  selectNextTableInStory(app.selection[0]);
} else if (app.documents.length > 0 &&
          app.selection.length > 0 &&
            app.selection[0].constructor.name == "Table") {
  selectNextTableInStory(app.selection[0].storyOffset.parent.characters[app.selection[0].storyOffset.index+1]);
function selectNextTableInStory(myText) {
  try {
    var myIP = myText.insertionPoints[0];
  } catch(e) { beep(); return; }
  var myRestOfStory = myIP.parent.texts.itemByRange(myIP,myIP.parent.insertionPoints[-1]);
  var myTables = myRestOfStory.tables;
  if (myTables.length == 0) { beep(); return; }
  app.select(myTables[0]);
It works if you have a text selection in a story or a whole table selected (so you can step through the tables if you want to).
It wouldn't be hard to make it work if you had a selection inside a table, but that enters into the philosophical area of what to do if a selection is text in a cell that has tables in it, so I ducked the issue altogether -- it would, in that case, select the tables in the cell or beep if there were none.
It also beeps if you have the last table in a story or if there are no tables in a story.
It'll do nothing if you have any other kind of selection.
Dave