[JS] CS3 Apply document defaults to insertion point

Is there any way to apply the document defaults to an insertion point? I
have a script that is looping through a whole bunch of text files,
formatting them (with thinks like tab stops and indents). The thing is I
don't want any of the tab stops, indents etc. to be left over from the
previous import. Is there any way to apply the default document
formatting before I import the next text file or do I have to manually
remove all tab stops, indents, etc.?

I think you can use:
myIP.properties = myDoc.textDefaults.properties;
although to be safe, you might be better off doing:
myIP.paragraphs[0].properties = myDoc.textDefaults.properties;
Actually, both seem to work.
Dave

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gui testing is always a good idea :-) but in this case the behaviour is different:
your observation is correct (anyway at least a strange behaviour compared to any xml editing tool i know == how adobe intended to insert an empty element?), tagging in the gui a tagged insertion point tags the whole story.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Camp, 124 N.J. Eq. 403, 407 (E. & A. 1938)
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Thanks a lot - got it now!
Maybe it could be helpful for others to look at your answer
with the placeholders replaced by "real" strings as it was hard for me
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I need to paste some same anchored objects on every page for exporting RTF format.
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Virtually all of the instructions for inserting images in
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carriage returns, tabs, etc that add unnecessary code.
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You cannot. You must build an HTML infrastructure that allows
your
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from the top of
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Publishing
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understanding of the
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where you want the
> image."
> How can I (Move) that is place the cursor at a
particular place on the
> blank
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unnecessary code.
>
> Thank you for your assistance on what must be a trivial
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Given an insertion point, how can I determine if it contains an inline/anchored frame? And if so, how do I reference the inline/anchored frame?
I know how to reference the surrounding paragraph, characters, etc., but can't figure out how to get to the inline/anchored graphic.
I normally would just loop through all the inline graphics in the document, but it this case I need to access the inlines via their insertion points.

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Hi Mark,
I looked at the HTML and I see the problem, but didn't see anything specifically controlling this in the CSS. (I don't have much experience with CSS.)
BTW: I have used your website and Peter Grainge's for help with Help. Thank you!!!
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There is a line of text in a Frame file (Lettered ptag). In the line of text, there is an anchored frame set to "At Insertion Point." Looks like this:
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[JS] CS3 Apply document defaults to insertion point

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