JS CS3 script form word styles to indesign styles

Question

I have search over the forums and can find a script the can change WORD styles (with a diskette sign) to Indesign paragraph styles (without the sign). Can any one help me on this?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Here I translated the script from Russian into English for you. BTW, it is based on a script written by Dave Saunders (thanks Dave for it) — I totally reworked it to my needs. You should replace paragraph style names, font names, find-search strings, etc. with your own stuff.
Kasyan
// Description: Script for InDesign CS3
// Version 4
// Removes local formatting of the text after importing it from Word transforming it into characters styles
// Removes non CMYK colors
// Removes imported styles
// Adds non-breaking space before some abbreviations in text. For example: В, У, гг., млрд.
// Removes superfluous. Finds-replaces some sequences of characters:  For example:"--" to "—"
// Removes hyperlinks
// Copyright © 2008 Kasyan Servetsky
#target indesign
if (app.documents.length == 0) {
     alert("Open a document and try again.", "Error", true);
else {
     app.activate();
     var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
     if (myDoc.selection.length == 1) {
          if (myDoc.selection[0].constructor.name ==  "TextFrame") {
          var myTextFrame = myDoc.selection[0];
          else {
               alert("Select a TEXT BOX.", "Error", true);
               exit();
     else {
          alert("Select a single text block.", "Error", true);
          exit();
     if (!myDoc.saved) {
          alert("This document has never been saved. Save it and try again.", "Error", true);
          exit();
//--------------------------------- Progressbar ---------------------------------
     var stop = 11;
     var w = new Window ( 'window', 'Preparing the file', undefined, {closeButton:false, maximizeButton:false, minimizeButton:false} );
     var pb = w.add ('progressbar', [0, 0, 350, 20], 0, stop);
     var txt = w.add('statictext', undefined, 'Starting the process');
     txt.alignment = "fill";
     w.show();
     pb.value = 1;
     var myTxtReplace;
     var myGrpReplace;
     myReplaceStuff();
     txt.text = "Finding-replacing text";
     myProblems = 0;
     myReplaceNonCMYK();
     pb.value = 2;
     txt.text = "Removing non CMYK colors";
     if (app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Body Text") == null) {
          pb.value = 3;
          txt.text = "Creating paragraph style \"Body Text\"";
          var paraStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.add( {     basedOn:"[No Paragraph Style]",
                                                                                                    name:"Body Text",
                                                                                                    alignToBaseline:true,
                                                                                                    firstLineIndent:2,
                                                                                                    leftIndent:0,
                                                                                                    rightIndent:0,
                                                                                                    spaceBefore:0,
                                                                                                    spaceAfter:0,
                                                                                                    justification:Justification.LEFT_JUSTIFIED,
                                                                                                    appliedFont:"TimesPalKasN\tRegular",
                                                                                                    pointSize:8.5,
                                                                                                    leading:10.6,
                                                                                                    kerningMethod:"Metrics",
                                                                                                    tracking:0,
                                                                                                    hyphenateCapitalizedWords:true,
                                                                                                    hyphenation:true,
                                                                                                    hyphenateBeforeLast:2,
                                                                                                    hyphenateAfterFirst:2,
                                                                                                    hyphenateWordsLongerThan:5,
                                                                                                    hyphenateLadderLimit:3,
                                                                                                    hyphenationZone:12.7,
                                                                                                    hyphenWeight:5,
                                                                                                    appliedLanguage:"Russian",
                                                                                                    fillColor:"Black"} );
     else {
          var paraStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.item("Body Text");
          pb.value = 3;
     removeImportedStyles();
     pb.value = 4;
     txt.text = "Removing imported styles";
     protectLocalStyling();
     pb.value = 5;
     txt.text = "Saving local formatting";
     myTextFrame.parentStory.texts.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().applyParagraphStyle(paraStyle, true);
     pb.value = 6;
     txt.text = "Applying paragraph style \"Body Text\"";
     removeInTables();
     pb.value = 7;
     txt.text = "Processing tables";
     myTextFrame.parentStory.texts.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().clearOverrides(OverrideType.all); // ***
     pb.value = 8;
     txt.text = "Removing local formatting";
     replaceTxt();
     pb.value = 9;
     txt.text = "Replacing text";
     replaceGrep();
     pb.value = 10;
     myRemoveHyperLinks();
     pb.value = 11;
     txt.text = "Removing hyperlinks";
     w.hide();
     if (myProblems == 0) {
          alert ("No problems were found.", "All done");
     else {
          alert ("Problems were found and corrected.", "All done");
//************************************** Functions *******************************************************
function protectLocalStyling() {
    var myStyles = ["Italic","Bold", "Bold Italic"];
    var myPosns = ["superscript","subscript"];
    var myPosnEnums = [Position.superscript, Position.subscript];
     var noCharStyle = myDoc.characterStyles[0];
    for (var j = myStyles.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
      var myCharStyle = myDoc.characterStyles.item(myStyles[j]);
      if (myCharStyle == null) {
        var myCharStyle = myDoc.characterStyles.add({name:myStyles[j], fontStyle:myStyles[j]});
          app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
          app.findTextPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = noCharStyle;
          app.findTextPreferences.fontStyle = myStyles[j];
          app.changeTextPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = myStyles[j];
          myTextFrame.parentStory.changeText();
    for (var j = myPosns.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
      var myPosCharStyle = myDoc.characterStyles.item(myPosns[j]);
      if (myPosCharStyle == null) {
        var myPosCharStyle = myDoc.characterStyles.add({name:myPosns[j], position:myPosnEnums[j]});
          app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
          app.findTextPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = noCharStyle;
          app.findTextPreferences.position = Position[myPosns[j]];
          app.changeTextPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = myPosns[j];
          myTextFrame.parentStory.changeText();
     app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
//  Removing non CMYK colors
function myReplaceNonCMYK(){
     for(var myCounter = myDoc.colors.length; myCounter > 0; myCounter--){
          if (myDoc.colors[myCounter-1].name != "Registration" && myDoc.colors[myCounter-1].name != "Paper" && myDoc.colors[myCounter-1].name != "Cyan" && myDoc.colors[myCounter-1].name != "Magenta" && myDoc.colors[myCounter-1].name != "Yellow" && myDoc.colors[myCounter-1].name != "Black") {
               if ((myDoc.colors[myCounter-1].space != ColorSpace.cmyk)  || (myDoc.colors[myCounter-1].model != ColorModel.process)){
                    myProblems = myProblems + 1;
                    myDoc.colors[myCounter-1].remove ("Black")
// Removing imported styles
function removeImportedStyles(){
     var paraStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.item("Body Text");
     var noneCharaStyle = myDoc.characterStyles.item("[None]");
     for(var myCounter = myDoc.paragraphStyles.length-1; myCounter >= 2; myCounter--){
          if (myDoc.paragraphStyles[myCounter].imported == true ) {
               myDoc.paragraphStyles[myCounter].remove(paraStyle);
     for(var myCounter = myDoc.characterStyles.length-1; myCounter >= 2; myCounter--){
          if (myDoc.characterStyles[myCounter].imported == true) {
               myDoc.characterStyles[myCounter].remove(noneCharaStyle);
// Processing tables
function removeInTables(){
     if (myTextFrame.parentStory.texts.everyItem().tables.length > 0) {
          if (myDoc.paragraphStyles.item("05. TABL_BODY") == null) {
               myTableStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.add({name:"05. TABL_BODY", appliedFont:"HeliosKas\tCondensed Regular", pointSize:8, leading:8});
          else {myTableStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.item("05. TABL_BODY")}
     myTextFrame.parentStory.texts.everyItem().tables.everyItem().cells.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().applyParagraphStyle(myTableStyle, true);
     myTextFrame.parentStory.texts.everyItem().tables.everyItem().cells.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().clearOverrides(OverrideType.all);
// Find-replace pairs
function myReplaceStuff() {
     myTxtReplace =     [ // TEXT
                                        [" А ", " А^S"],
                                        [" В ", " В^S"],
                                        [" С ", " С^S"],
                                        [" К ", " К^S"],
                                        [" О ", " О^S"],
                                        [" У ", " У^S"],
                                        [" На ", " На^S"],
                                        [" По ", " По^S"],
                                        [" Из ", " Из^S"],
                                        ["г-н ", "г-н^S"],
                                        ["г-на ", "г-на^S"],
                                        ["г-ну ", "г-ну^S"],
                                        [" т", " ^Sт"],
                                        [" г.", " ^Sг."],
                                        [" гг.", " ^Sгг."],
                                        [" грн.", " ^Sгрн."],
                                        [" коп.", " ^Sкоп."],
                                        [" тыс", " ^Sтыс"],
                                        [" млн", " ^Sмлн"],
                                        [" млрд", " ^Sмлрд"],
                                        [" т.п.", " ^Sт.п."],
                                        [" т.д.", " ^Sт.д."],
                                        [" др.", " ^Sдр."],
                                        [" км", " ^Sкм"],
                                        ["см. стр.", "см.^Sстр."],
                                        [" ^p", "^p"],
                                        [" —", "^S—"],
                                        [" —", "^S—"],
                                        ["№ ", "№"],
                                        ["$ ", "$"],
                                        ["EUR ", "EUR"],
     myGrpReplace =     [ // GREP
                                        ["[~m~>~f~|~S~s~<~/~.~3~4~% ]{2,}", " "], // Multiple Space to Single Space
                                        ["--", "~_"] // Dash Dash to Em-dash
                                        // ["~b~b+", "\\r"], Multiple Return to Single Return
function replaceTxt() {
     app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
     app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
     app.findChangeTextOptions.wholeWord = false;
     app.findChangeTextOptions.caseSensitive = true;
     app.findChangeTextOptions.includeMasterPages = false;
     for (i = 0; i <  myTxtReplace.length; i++) {
          var myCurArray = myTxtReplace[i];
          app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = myCurArray[0];
          app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = myCurArray[1];
          myTextFrame.parentStory.changeText();
     app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
     app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
function replaceGrep() {
     app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
     app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
     for (i = 0; i <  myGrpReplace.length; i++) {
          var myCurArray = myGrpReplace[i];
          app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = myCurArray[0];
          app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = myCurArray[1];
          myTextFrame.parentStory.changeGrep();
     app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
     app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
function myRemoveHyperLinks(){
     if (myDoc.hyperlinks.length > 0){
          for(var myCounter = myDoc.hyperlinks.length; myCounter > 0 ; myCounter--){
               myProblems++;
               myDoc.hyperlinks[myCounter - 1].remove();