Script to hyphenate footnotes

hi,
I have text importaded in indesign cs6 (mac os x yosemite) from word with hundreds of footnotes.
In the paragraph style "notes" the hyphenation is turned on but the footnotes are not hyphenated.
I tried solution with "find-change": find "paragraph style notes" - change "hyphenation on", but in the field change option to choose hyphenation does not exist .
Is there any way to solve this problem (with grep, script ...) or I will have to apply hyphenation to each footnote individually?
Thanks in advance
oscar

Hi Jump_Over,
- the para style "notes" are applied to footnotes;
- there is "+" nearby a style name (I not force the style with "alt" to not lose local italics, small caps, bold etc.);
- this style is applied automaticly (I made it in indesign befor imported text from word);
- para style "notes" is created in indesign.
Text in word had footnotes not hyphenated and obviously this has remained in indesign.
I could solve the problem by setting the hyphenation in word (you can select all notes and set hyphenation) and after importing the text in indesign.
The problem is that the text in indesign is practically in final phase and now in not convenient to start again from Word and import the text again.
In indesign I could select the notes one at a time and apply hyphenation, but there are a hundreds of footnotes.
I thought there is a mode to change all automatically.
Thank you

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//text {findWhat:"--"} {changeTo:"^_"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double dashes and replace with an em dash.
//More complex example:
//text {findWhat:"^9^9.^9^9"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"price"} {include footnotes:true, include master pages:true, include hidden layers:true, whole word:false} Find $10.00 to $99.99 and apply the character style "price".
//All InDesign search metacharacters are allowed in the "findWhat" and "changeTo" properties for findTextPreferences and changeTextPreferences.
//If you enter backslashes in the findWhat property of the findGrepPreferences object, they must be "escaped"
//as shown in the example below:
//{findWhat:"\\s+"}
//For more on InDesign scripting, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/scripting/index.html
//or visit the InDesign Scripting User to User forum at http://www.adobeforums.com
main();
function main(){
var myObject;
//Make certain that user interaction (display of dialogs, etc.) is turned on.
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
if(app.documents.length > 0){
if(app.selection.length > 0){
 switch(app.selection[0].constructor.name){
 case "InsertionPoint":
 case "Character":
 case "Word":
 case "TextStyleRange":
 case "Line":
 case "Paragraph":
 case "TextColumn":
 case "Text":
 case "Cell":
 case "Column":
 case "Row":
 case "Table":
 myDisplayDialog();
 break;
 default:
 //Something was selected, but it wasn't a text object, so search the document.
 myFindChangeByList(app.documents.item(0));
else{
 //Nothing was selected, so simply search the document.
 myFindChangeByList(app.documents.item(0));
else{
alert("No documents are open. Please open a document and try again.");
function myDisplayDialog(){
var myObject;
var myDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"FindChangeByList"});
with(myDialog.dialogColumns.add()){
with(dialogRows.add()){
 with(dialogColumns.add()){
 staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Search Range:"});
 var myRangeButtons = radiobuttonGroups.add();
 with(myRangeButtons){
 radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Document", checkedState:true});
 radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Selected Story"});
 if(app.selection[0].contents != ""){
 radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Selection", checkedState:true});
var myResult = myDialog.show();
if(myResult == true){
switch(myRangeButtons.selectedButton){
 case 0:
 myObject = app.documents.item(0);
 break;
 case 1:
 myObject = app.selection[0].parentStory;
 break;
 case 2:
 myObject = app.selection[0];
 break;
myDialog.destroy();
myFindChangeByList(myObject);
else{
myDialog.destroy();
function myFindChangeByList(myObject){
var myScriptFileName, myFindChangeFile, myFindChangeFileName, myScriptFile, myResult;
var myFindChangeArray, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindLimit, myStory;
var myStartCharacter, myEndCharacter;
var myFindChangeFile = myFindFile("/FindChangeSupport/1test.txt")
if(myFindChangeFile != null){
myFindChangeFile = File(myFindChangeFile);
var myResult = myFindChangeFile.open("r", undefined, undefined);
if(myResult == true){
 //Loop through the find/change operations.
 do{
 myLine = myFindChangeFile.readln();
 //Ignore comment lines and blank lines.
 if((myLine.substring(0,4)=="text")||(myLine.substring(0,4)=="grep")||(myLine.substring(0, 5)=="glyph")){
 myFindChangeArray = myLine.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];
 //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];
 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;
 } while(myFindChangeFile.eof == false);
 myFindChangeFile.close();
function myFindText(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions){
//Reset the find/change preferences before each search.
app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
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 = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
function myFindGrep(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions){
//Reset the find/change grep preferences before each search.
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
var myString = "app.findGrepPreferences.properties = "+ myFindPreferences + ";";
myString += "app.changeGrepPreferences.properties = " + myChangePreferences + ";";
myString += "app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties = " + myFindChangeOptions + ";";
app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
var myFoundItems = myObject.changeGrep();
//Reset the find/change grep preferences after each search.
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
function myFindGlyph(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions){
//Reset the find/change glyph preferences before each search.
app.changeGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
var myString = "app.findGlyphPreferences.properties = "+ myFindPreferences + ";";
myString += "app.changeGlyphPreferences.properties = " + myChangePreferences + ";";
myString += "app.findChangeGlyphOptions.properties = " + myFindChangeOptions + ";";
app.doScript(myString, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
var myFoundItems = myObject.changeGlyph();
//Reset the find/change glyph preferences after each search.
app.changeGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
function myFindFile(myFilePath){
var myScriptFile = myGetScriptPath();
var myScriptFile = File(myScriptFile);
var myScriptFolder = myScriptFile.path;
myFilePath = myScriptFolder + myFilePath;
if(File(myFilePath).exists == false){
//Display a dialog.
myFilePath = File.openDialog("Choose the file containing your find/change list");
return myFilePath;
function myGetScriptPath(){
try{
myFile = app.activeScript;
catch(myError){
myFile = myError.fileName;
return myFile;

It takes me a lof of time to comprehend the sentence you write. Cause I am a Chinese. My poor English.
I have to say "you are genius". I used to use the indesign CS2. There is no GREP function in CS2. When I get the new script, I do not know how to use it. Just when I saw the
'grep {findWhat:" +"} {changeTo:" "} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double spaces and replace with single spaces.'
Being confused.
Thanks so much. It seems I have to relearn the advanced Indesign.

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If I do with these sections do not move when I add pages and I have to update a one to hand.
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