Problem placing text at bottom of page
I'm trying to place a text box at the bottom of my page. While I'm moving it down, a grayish line appears below it, and I am unable to place the text below the line, even though there appears to be a couple of more inches left. Dumb question I guess, but does this mean I can't place anything below that line?
Also, I'm trying to place a text box above a line that I created using insert/shape/line. For some reason I can't place the text box close to the line...it only lets me put it a couple of inches above it?
You don't give much information so I'm going to guess you're using a text box, perhaps in a layout document. Click on the little empty blue box on the lower right side, then click where you want the text to continue.
Walt
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Hidden text at bottom of page, how can I fix formatting?
hidden text at bottom of page, how can I fix formatting?
You don't give much information so I'm going to guess you're using a text box, perhaps in a layout document. Click on the little empty blue box on the lower right side, then click where you want the text to continue.
Walt -
HOW TO KEEP TEXT AT BOTTOM OF PAGE USING JAVASCRIPT-ANSWERED
UPDATE 5/12/2006: MORE COMPATIBLE CODE:
Was using OnRequestEnd.cfm to load copyright info at bottom
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at different points on different pages. Didn't look good. Could not
use tables to align the text for output reasons. Coded a way using
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of individual templates or inside OnRequestEnd.cfm - Enjoy!
(css goes in your external css file or between local style
tags)
.copyright{background-color:#d8d8d8;color:Black;font-size:10px;font-family:Arial;width:10 0%;text-align:center;}
body {border-bottom-width:0px;}
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<span id="x" class="copyright">
my copyright
</span>
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PAGE --->
<script>
if(document.body.scrollHeight <
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var s = document.body.scrollHeight;
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</script>To change it for a given text frame, the frame must be selected when you execute the menu command.
AlyMcF1 wrote:
…how can I apply this to the majority (400+) of my text frames at once?
To change the setting of existing frames throughout your document, use Edit > Find/Change.
Choose the Object tab.
Set the Search: field to Document.
Set the Type: field to Text Frames.
If there is a formatting attribute common to all the text frames you want to target and change, click the glass/frame icon next to the Find Object Format field to access the Find Object Format Options dialog and set that common attribute.
Click the glass/frame icon next to the Change Object Format field to access the Change Object Format Options dialog and set the Align: field to Justify under Basic Attributes > Text Frame General Options > Vertical Justification.
Step through the Find Next/Change sequence to selectively apply the change, or click the Change All button if you're certain you want all the found frames changed. -
New user: Problems placing text over object
Hi,
I have recently started using InDesign CS5 to produce the biannual magazine for a volunteer organisation. My background is not in this area, so please excuse me if I do not use correct terminology or am asking something obvious. Having said that I have been very impressed with the ease of the programme to use for what we need.
I am having a problem with the document I am currently working in, however if I place the same elements in a different document things are ok, so I know it is something I have accidently done, but after a lot of playing around I am at a loss.
My issue is when I place an Object (a photo for the cover) and then try to place text over the top the text disappears on the object, however can be seen when you take it off it. You see the text box with the red cross mark in the bottom right corner. If you ask to "bring to front" nothing happens. Same if you try it using the photo. Oher objects (logo) can be placed on top of the photo. I have tried using Layers, but to no success.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.Standard advice to new users. Buy a good book.
Sandee Cohen's Visual Quick Start Guide is by far the best one for beginners: http://amzn.to/czpjiq
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I am writing a large document and use the start speaking function often to hear parts of it read back after I write it.The speech sounds great for a page or two and then starts to become choppy and skips words and eventually becomes inaudible except for a few sputters. I would like to be able to listen to the entire document when I am done and would like to either solve the sputtering problem or find a new app that will allow a long paper to be read back by the computer. This problem is consistent on my macbook(2010) as well as my iMac(2009).
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I'm reposting this, since the last one seemed to get lost in the jumble:
When placing text from a word document (.docx) indesign only gives me three pages for a 118 long document. Also, those pages are blank, and to access the text, I have to delete a few blank lines. When I do this however, the text is grossly oversized. Changing the font does not help, as even on 6 pt, the text is much larger than it should be. Help? I've tweaked import options (although I may not know enough to diagnose the issue I am having), changed the format of the file (.doc, rtf) nothing seems to work.
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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzA9ILF0ZW-aVmlCV0hvekhHYTQ/edit?usp=sharing
Any help you could provide would be awesome.
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Anyone having problems editing text on wiki pages in Workspace?
I have had some serious issues when editing text on new wiki pages in my new Beehive workspace. First when I tried creating bulleted lists (with several or more items), after publishing the lists the text would all get tossed to the bottom of the page after publishing. Then I gingerly recreated the bulleted lists by running all the text together, then pressing Enter at the start of teach list item. This worked with some effort. But then when I tried editing my lists to update the information, the cursor would inadvertently jump to another place in the page, select some text, then my next keystroke would delete it. Even then, once I recreated all the information on the page, when published some of the text did not show up in the published version (it was still there in the editor).
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Hi,
I'm using JDeveloper version 11.1.2.3.0 under windows 7, to deployed ADF Mobile application into android device,
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i note that if passed the 3 text without any English character (means just Arabic,Urdo,Farsi ...)
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Edited by: user2397713 on Jun 5, 2013 3:11 PMHi,
do you have a test case and instructions for me to try and run. Just create a simple page-to-page use case and send it in a ZIP file (renamed to ZIP) for me to test on 11.1.2.4 and file a bug if required. If you have a support contract, you can file a service request with support. My mail addres sis in my OTN profile, just click my name link.
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Woes placing text; need benefit of your experience! [CS4 + JS]
Hi-- I'm working on a routine for importing a number of text documents into InDesign, but have come up with odd behavior when placing text. I'm working with ID CS4 & javascript; all the actions perform the same when doing them manually.
I start with text--actual unformatted text originating from a Word document, but saved as a text file--and with the text tool place it at the cursor position in a paragraph in 'body text' style; the text picks up formatting different than the style, namely the font from 'Headline' style, although pt size & leading are still 'body text' style.
Yet when I cut the same text from a text editor, then paste it at the cursor position, the text appears as I expect, in body text style with no overrides.
This is a small improvement: When I first tried placing the text, it had been coming in with a character style applied. I noticed that the character style being applied was selected in the Quick Apply menu. Un-selecting the character style in the Quick Apply got me to where I am now.
It's driving me nuts that I still can't figure out where the Headline-style font is coming from! Any pointers?
Thanks in advance...
Daniel
p.s.: I'm trying the text import angle to avoid other problems I'd been having importing Word documents, namely importing any Word97-2003 document with highlighted text would crash ID, Word character styles adding direct formatting to the text in ID, etc.As promised, here is the code, as it stands, for whatever help it can be. The code is specific to my particular uses, but the approach of tagging various direct/character styles from Word, wiping all formatting then reapplying ID styles and removing the tags may be useful.
ConvertWordBrute.jsx
Problem: importing from regularly styled Word templated documents to CS4 can be a mess. Even if import presets are exactly set,
if the Word doc has character styles, text can come in with layered character styles. Applying correct character styles and then
removing overrides won't fix because character styles and direct formatting are layered on every bit of text and formatting is not
at all standard. To fix, all character styles AND overrides must be removed to wipe out the strangeness. This script shows one approach
to keep italic, bold and bold italic direct formatting, and perhaps other stuff to preserve what the writers intended.
The approach: tag formatting outside of ID's usual facilities, wipe all formatting clear, then apply the proper styles & character styles.
Presumes:
--A word import preset has been set...
--Will need to trap for missing fonts? (e.g. Windings Bold, which is faked in Word; doesn't actually exist!)
Left @: Works reasonably well. Probably should be run on before layout has sections.
--Document includes a paragraph style named "Body Text"
* @@@BUILDINFO@@@ ConvertWordBrute.jsx !Version! Thu Oct 11 2011 10:52:08 GMT-0700
#script "ConvertWord"
#target "InDesign"
main();
function main(){
try {
var docRef = getActiveDocument();
} catch (e) {
alert (e);
var confirmWarning = "Note: bold, italic and bold-italic will be turned into character styles, then this script clears all overrides--" +
"any character spacing applied outside of regular paragraph and character styles will be erased--OK?";
var myConfirm = confirm(confirmWarning, true, "Text change alert!");
if (myConfirm == false){
return;
var jumpTextCharStyle = "Body jump text";
var jumpLineChars = 30;
//saveTextReflowState & turn it off to avoid adding pages...
var smartTextReflowState = docRef.textPreferences.smartTextReflow
docRef.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = false;
//Apply HTML-like tags to text with formatting you want to keep
//what you search here depends on how your import preferences were set... did you map incoming word styles? to what? Normal -> Body Text?
tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text", "Bold" , "b");
tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text", "Italic" , "i");
tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text", "Bold Italic" , "bl");
tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Normal", "Bold" , "b");
tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Normal", "Italic" , "i");
tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Normal", "Bold Italic" , "bl");
tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text indent", "Bold" , "b");
tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text indent", "Italic" , "i");
tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, "Body Text indent", "Bold Italic" , "bl");
cleanupTags(docRef);
//Convert Word styles to ID styles, then wipe Word styles
convertWordStyles(docRef);
//Re-apply all paragraph styles with no overrides or character styles
formatTaggedCharacters(docRef, "b", "Bold")
formatTaggedCharacters(docRef, "i", "Italic")
formatTaggedCharacters(docRef, "bl", "Byline")
// Replace jump lines character style, since above makes all bold-italic into Byline style
formatJumpLines(docRef, jumpLineChars, jumpTextCharStyle);
//re-instate text reflow
docRef.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = smartTextReflowState;
function getActiveDocument(){
//returns reference to active document; otherwise undefined
//if a variable is not assigned a value, its value is undefined
if (app.documents.length == 0) {
throw ("No documents open");
//returns value for variable docRef back to call statement
var docRef = app.documents.item(0);
return docRef;
function tagFormattedCharacters(docRef, paragraphStyle, fontStyle, fontTag) {
// Searches for characters in paragrapfStyle, fontStyle in docRef, enclosing any characters found
// in HTML-style angle-bracket tags containing fontTag
var myStyles, s, stylesRE;
//First chk if passed paragraphStyle exists
for (var s = docRef.paragraphStyles.length-1; s >= 2; s--) {
//get a list of pipe-separated styles, but not the default styles in brackets, since they'll screw up a RegExp pattern
myStyles = docRef.paragraphStyles[s].name + "|" + myStyles;
stylesRE = new RegExp(myStyles);
if (!paragraphStyle.match(stylesRE)){
return;
//Clear the find/change preferences.
clearFindChangePrefs()
//Set the find options.
app.findChangeTextOptions.caseSensitive = false;
app.findChangeTextOptions.includeFootnotes = false;
app.findChangeTextOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false;
app.findChangeTextOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = false;
app.findChangeTextOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = false;
app.findChangeTextOptions.includeMasterPages = false;
app.findChangeTextOptions.wholeWord = false;
app.findTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = paragraphStyle;
app.findTextPreferences.fontStyle = fontStyle;
var myFoundItems = docRef.findText();
openTag = "<"+fontTag+">";
closeTag ="</"+fontTag+">";
//Note: gotta iterate from the end forward, otherwise tag insertions will skew insertion points
for(i=myFoundItems.length-1; i>-1; i--){
myFoundItems[i].insertionPoints.lastItem().contents = closeTag;
myFoundItems[i].insertionPoints.firstItem().contents = openTag;
function cleanupTags(myObject){
// To correct for faulty formatting resulting in badly placed tags, e.g.: tags on both sides of paragraph returns.
// To internalize search routines into this script, it uses a series of searches equivalent to FindChangeByList,
// captured with RecordFindChange_CS3-CS5.jsx .
// Note GREP search strings MUST be enclosed in quotes with all internal backslashes & quotes escaped,
// e.g.: \\ becomes \\\\, findWhat:"( becomes findWhat:\"(
var myChangesArray = new Array();
// a few changes to clean up placement of formatting tags which may be funky from Word direct formatting
myChangesArray[0] = "grep {findWhat:\"(<[^>]*>)(\\\\s)(</[^>]*>)\"} {changeTo:\"$2\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false}"; //Nix bolded white space of any kind
myChangesArray[1] = "grep {findWhat:\"(<[^>]*>)(\\\\ )(\\\\[)\"} {changeTo:\"$2$1$3\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false}"; //move spaces (only!) in front of bylines before tag
myChangesArray[2] = "grep {findWhat:\"(\\\\r)(</[^>]*>)\"} {changeTo:\"$2$1\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false}"; //move close tags before graf returns
myChangesArray[3] = "text {findWhat:\"<bl>^_</bl>\"} {changeTo:\"^_\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false}"; //Replace em dashes that somehow get bold italic
findChangeByArray(myObject, myChangesArray)
function convertWordStyles(docRef){
// Converts Word styles to ID styles, then wipes Word styles
// To internalize search routines to this script, this uses a series of searches equivalent to FindChangeByList,
// captured with RecordFindChange_CS3-CS5.jsx .
// Note search strings MUST be enclosed in quotes with all internal backslashes & quotes escaped, esp. important for GREP
// e.g.: \\ becomes \\\\, findWhat:"( becomes findWhat:\"(
var i, p, stylesRE;
var myChangesArray = new Array();
//note: findChangeByArray does not trap for
myChangesArray[0] = "text {findWhat:\"^p^t\"} {changeTo:\"^p\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false}"; // remove tabs at the start of paragraphs
myChangesArray[1] = "text {findWhat:\"n\", appliedParagraphStyle:\"Heading 1\", appliedFont:\"Wingdings\", fontStyle:\"Bold\"} {changeTo:\"^8\", appliedCharacterStyle:\"[No character style]\", appliedParagraphStyle:\"Headline 1\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false}"; //replace square bullet in Heading 1 Word style to standard bullet Headline 1 + Bold
myChangesArray[2] = "text {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Normal\"} {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Body Text\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false}"; // replace Normal paragraph Word style with Body Text
myChangesArray[3] = "text {appliedParagraphStyle:\"CallOut\"} {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Callout\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:true}"; // replace CallOut Word style with Callout
myChangesArray[4] = "text {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Normal Indent\"} {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Body Text indent\", changeConditionsMode:1919250519} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:true}"; //replace Normal Indent Word style to Body Text indent
myChangesArray[5] = "text {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Body Text\", fontStyle:\"Italic\"} {appliedCharacterStyle:\"Italic\"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace direct formatted body text italic with character style
myChangesArray[6] = "text {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Body Text\", fontStyle:\"Bold\"} {appliedCharacterStyle:\"Bold\"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace direct formatted body text bold with character style
myChangesArray[7] = "text {appliedParagraphStyle:\"Body Text\", fontStyle:\"Bold Italic\"} {appliedCharacterStyle:\"Byline\"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace direct formatted body text bold italic with Byline character style
myChangesArray[8] = "text {findWhat:\" -- \"} {changeTo:\"^_\"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace space dash dash space with em dash, no spaces
myChangesArray[9] = "text {findWhat:\"--\"} {changeTo:\"^_\"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace space dash dash space with em dash, no spaces
myChangesArray[10] ="text {findWhat:\" \"} {changeTo:\" \"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //replace double spaces with single space
myChangesArray[11] ="text {findWhat:\"^p^p\"} {changeTo:\"^p\"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:false, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true, ignoreKashidas:true, ignoreDiacritics:false}"; //Nix double paragraph markers
// section to put in headline jump reference bullets
myChangesArray[12] ="grep {findWhat:\"\\\\> ?(from \\\\[\\\\d\\\\d?\\\\])\\\\s?\\\\s?$\"} {changeTo:\" ~8 $1\"} {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:true, kanaSensitive:true, widthSensitive:true}"//add bullet before end of word, replace space (optional space) 'from [' digit optional digit ']' optional space optional space end of paragraph with space bullet space + the rest
// Changes any imported paragraph styles to Body Text, imported character styles to None, nukes imported
findChangeByArray(docRef, myChangesArray)
removeImportedStyles(docRef);
// clear overrides, both character & paragraph
// first set what paragraphs to check
stylesRE = new RegExp(/Body |Heading /)
for (i = 0; i < docRef.stories.length; i++) {
//only mess with stories with a bunch of paragraphs & only paragraphs of Body* or Heading* styles
if (docRef.stories[i].paragraphs.length > 1) {
for ( p=0; p < docRef.stories[i].paragraphs.length; p++){
if (docRef.stories[i].paragraphs[p].appliedParagraphStyle.name.match(stylesRE)) {
docRef.stories[i].paragraphs[p].clearOverrides(OverrideType.ALL);
function clearFindChangePrefs(){
//find/change text preferences
app.findTextPreferences = null;
app.changeTextPreferences = null;
//find/change grep preferences
app.findGrepPreferences = null;
app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
//find/change glyph preferences
app.findGlyphPreferences = null;
app.changeGlyphPreferences = null;
function findChangeByArray(myObject, myChangesArray){
//a shorter version of the supplied FindChangeByList.jsx to allow internalizing search strings
// Note search strings passed MUST be enclosed in quotes with all internal backslashes & quotes escaped,
// esp. important for GREP, e.g.: \\ becomes \\\\, findWhat:"( becomes findWhat:\"(
var myFindChangeArray, myFindType, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions, i;
var myStyles, s, stylesRE, searchOK;
// Prepare to trap for non-existant styles
// get a list of pipe-separated styles, but not the default styles in brackets, since they'll screw up a RegExp pattern
for (var s = myObject.paragraphStyles.length-1; s >= 2; s--) {
myStyles = myObject.paragraphStyles[s].name + "|" + myStyles;
stylesRE = new RegExp(myStyles);
for (i = 0; i < myChangesArray.length; i++) {
myFindChangeArray = myChangesArray[i].split("\t");
//The first field in the line is the findType string.
myFindType = myFindChangeArray[0];
//The second field in the line is the FindPreferences string.
myFindPreferences = myFindChangeArray[1];
// Trap to ensure the style exists
//The second field in the line is the ChangePreferences string.
myChangePreferences = myFindChangeArray[2];
//The fourth field is the range--used only by text find/change.
myFindChangeOptions = myFindChangeArray[3];
// Trap for non-existant paragraph styles; ID will choke on searching for a style not in doc
// Look for paragraph style in find string
if (myFindPreferences.match(/appliedParagraphStyle/)){
// & that the search is for a style existing in the document
if (!myFindPreferences.match(stylesRE)){
continue;
switch(myFindType){
case "text":
myFindText(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
break;
case "grep":
myFindGrep(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
break;
case "glyph":
myFindGlyph(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
break;
function myFindText(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions){
//Reset the find/change preferences before each search.
app.changeTextPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences = null;
var myString = "app.findTextPreferences.properties = "+ myFindPreferences + ";";
myString += "app.changeTextPreferences.properties = " + myChangePreferences + ";";
myString += "app.findChangeTextOptions.properties = " + myFindChangeOptions + ";";
app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
myFoundItems = myObject.changeText();
//Reset the find/change preferences after each search.
app.changeTextPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences = null;
function myFindGrep(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions){
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app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
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app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences = null;
function myFindGlyph(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions){
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app.changeGlyphPreferences = null;
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// Reset the find/change grep preferences before each search.
app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences = null;
var myString = "app.findGrepPreferences.properties = {findWhat:\"<"+ fontTag + ">(.*)<\/" + fontTag + ">\"};";
myString += "app.changeGrepPreferences.properties = {changeTo:\"$1\"};";
myString += "app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties = {includeLockedStoriesForFind:false, includeLockedLayersForFind:false, includeHiddenLayers:false, includeMasterPages:false, includeFootnotes:true};";
app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
var myFoundItems = docRef.changeGrep();
//Reset the find/change grep preferences after each search.
app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences = null;
function formatJumpLines(docRef, jumpLineChars, jumpTextCharStyle){
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// >jumpLineChars to 'Body jump text' style.
app.changeTextPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences = null;
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app.changeTextPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences = null;
//Note: best to iterate from the end forward, avoiding any potential insertion point skew
for(i=myFoundItems.length-1; i>-1; i--){
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all the pages on my site (still under construction) measure 700pxW x 480pxW. The browser background is a different colour to the content, but on all pages except the home page the content goes from top to bottom, which is how I want it.
On the home page, the background is showing at the bottom of the page when the content should be going, like the other pages, from top to bottom.
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Cant move bottom of page bar up to reduce page size.
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I have a niggling problem that on my home page I cannot move the bottom of page bar up to reduce the page size it seems to be stuck at 2629 pixels.
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Hi Group,
I'm having a problem placing Jpeg images in DW CS3. Some come
in and display
themselves just fine. Others come in as what appears to be
the file name
displayed as a link, blue text and underlined. Previewed in a
browser, when
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cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.
I've looked at the properties of these different images and
dont have a clue
what the problem is.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
BobLook at the line you pasted into your reply and note that
it's a link
pointing to your hard drive. Of course that will never work
on the web.
Such broken links are often the result of an improperly
defined local site.
What happens if you remove that image and insert it again,
then save the
page? Is the link still broken?
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"mont54321" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:fneflb$5jh$[email protected]..
> Hi Group,
> I'm having a problem placing Jpeg images in DW CS3. Some
come in and
> display
> themselves just fine. Others come in as what appears to
be the file name
> displayed as a link, blue text and underlined. Previewed
in a browser,
> when
> I click the link the message is:
> The image
>
"file:///C:/Users/Bob/Documents/CUT/CSL%20Web/My%20Assets/Sandy-Kirk_Web.jpg"
> cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.
> I've looked at the properties of these different images
and dont have a
> clue
> what the problem is.
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
> Bob
>
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I just upgraded from CS4 to CC. I have two problems with text in some text boxes:
The text seems to flow around invisible object that I cannot find or delete. It's as if there is a photo or other object behind the text box; but when I press COMMAND-a to select all, I don't see any such object.
When I move this text box, the layout of the text within changes. For example, when the box is high on my spread, the text flows correctly within the box; but when I move it down, it flows around that hidden other object. For another example, when the box is low on the page, the text starts at the top of the box; but when I move the text box up, the text starts somewhere in the middle of the box.
I have checked margins of the text box and the paragraph options of the text paragraphs (margins, indents, alignments). They all look OK.
If I modify the text box, checking the box "Ignore text wrap", then the problem goes away; but then the text also will not flow around a real object that I want it to flow around.
Solution:
There were objects in a hidden layer on that one spread. It seems that in CS4 when you "select all" you would also select objects in hidden layers; but in CC it doesn't.Arthur, Garry
Would be great if you could send the files as attachment in an email to [email protected]
Else, you may post here using these steps: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3994281
Thanks!
- Neeraj
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