Select all text boxes (help)
I will try to explain this as best I can, bare with me.
I'm using Acrobat X 10 and I'm trying to print a PDF file that are slides from one of my university classes. The problem I'm having is that some of the text is not printing or printing very lightly. I have solved this problem by going to the tools panel and then edit document text tool. From there I select a text box, select all text in said text box, select properties, click on the text tab and then changing the fill from white to black(following so far?). Now my issue is that there are many text boxes, to the point where only one word occupies a text box. So what I'm wondering is if there is a way to select all the text boxes so I can do this proccess for the whole file rather than selecting each text box and repeating the proccess, as this is very time consuming.
Any help is appreciated.
Why don't you see if your printer driver has an option for printing B&W (not grey or greyscale), that might do the trick.
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How do you selected all text boxes in a document
Say you have 100 pages in a document and you have a threaded text box placed on pages 1 through 100. How do you selected all the text boxes at the same time? You might do this to change the size of the boxes, or lock all of the boxes, or apply an object style to all of the boxes.
Depending upon how well your document is set up though, layout adjustment might work.
If changing text box size is on your agenda, and every text box is lying exactly on guides, then layout adjustment might work.
The only way I can think of to lock all frames in a story, or to change the size of all text frames in a story, would be to write a Javascript. And, even after years of practice, I know that it'd still be faster for me to just step through the document and make the changes by hand than it would be to bang my head against Javascript for n hours before I found a good solution.
Barring these exceptions, I think that Bob's statement
You don't because you can't.
is actually pretty accurate. Terse, maybe, but accurate. -
I have a large presentation that I need to access from the cloud THIS SATURDAY. Now, after uploading from my iMac to Cloud, the font is all messed up because the font I selected on my mac is NOT available on the Keynote Cloud....so capitalization is wrong, inconsistent, etc.
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In the mean time clear the cache and reload the page. -
How to select all text in document?
I need to select all text in a long document to export to rtf. I only seem to be able to select a story. Any ideas in how I can do it?
Thanks
IanCan't be done. You'll have to link all text boxes together in one long story, or use the script "ExportAllStories.jsx" that comes with your default InDesign installation.
There are other alternatives (all of them using scripts), and the best way may depend on what your intentions are with the exported file -- if, for example, you want to read it back into their original text frames after editing, well, there are ways to do that. -
Deleting all text boxes and images on one layer
I am designing a 240 page book where nearly every page contains at least one image and at least one text box. The book will be printed with a varnish (a fifth plate) on every image.
The printer has instructed me to set up the varnish in the following way in InDesign:
With the finished book, make a duplicate layer.
Delete all text boxes on the new layer (including page numbers)
Delete all images (but not their containers) on the new layer
Fill all the empty image containers with 100% black
I have done this previously with an even bigger book, and it did of course take several hours, and it's also easy to make mistakes. So I thought it might be possible to do this with a script - only problem is I know nothing about scripting - so I wonder if someone would be willing to help me out?
Thanks in advance! Using ID CS5.5, win xp pro sp3.Hi Both,
I am having a similar problem.
I have to extract all images to a new layer, without modifying the size of the container.
As long as I am not an expert in scripting I have tried to do a simple code to obtain all links and go to its parent to change its itemlayer property to the new layer. But it is not what I am looking for and it has not work.
The layout of the current layer is based in tables, so images are anchored objects inside table cells, so when I run the simple script I mentioned I also get errors becuase it says the items are grouped. And even if I first run a script to ungroup everything I get the error.
I would appreciate help.
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Javascript: select all text, break link to style
Hi
I'd like to select all text in a Document (in different independent textboxes) and then break the link to it's style (in the program in the Flyout-menu of the paragraph styles)
Is this function scriptable (javascript)?
How do I select all the text?
InDesign CS6, OS10.7.4
ThanksIn fact, I use the adobe findchangebylist to modified, I want to do a clear setting script, not only break link to style, but when i run the script that will get error, can u help me to fix it, my script is shown as below:
main();
function main(){
var myObject;
//var myCheckSelection = false;
//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 "TextFrame":
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));
//alert("Nothing Selected, Please Select Text Frame or Text.");
else{
//Nothing was selected, so simply search the document.
//myFindChangeByList(app.documents.item(0));
alert("Nothing Selected, Please Select Text Frame or Text.");
else{
alert("No documents are open. Please open a document and try again.");
function myDisplayDialog(){
var myObject;
var myDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"Joan New Clear Setting_v1.0"});
with(myDialog.dialogColumns.add()){
with(dialogRows.add()){
with(dialogColumns.add()){
staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Search Range:"});
var mySearchButtons = radiobuttonGroups.add();
with(mySearchButtons){
radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Current Document", checkedState:true});
if(app.selection[0].contents != ""){
radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Selection", checkedState:true});
with(dialogColumns.add()){
with(borderPanels.add()){
staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Clear Setting:"});
var myDateButtons = radiobuttonGroups.add();
with(myDateButtons){
radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"English", checkedState:true});
radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Chinese"});
var myResult = myDialog.show();
if(myResult == true){
switch(mySearchButtons.selectedButton){
case 0:
BreakLinktoStyleDocument();
TurnOffHyphenationDocument();
myObject = app.documents.item(0);
myCheckSelection = false;
break;
case 1:
BreakLinktoStyleSelection();
TurnOffHyphenationSelection();
myObject = app.selection[0];
myCheckSelection = true;
break;
switch(myDateButtons.selectedButton){
case 0:
myFindChangeByList1(myObject, myCheckSelection);
break;
case 1:
myFindChangeByList2(myObject, myCheckSelection);
break;
myDialog.destroy();
//myFindChangeByList1(myObject);
else{
myDialog.destroy();
function TurnOffHyphenationDocument() {
app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().texts.everyItem().hyphenation=false;
myTables = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem();
myTables.cells.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().hyphenation=false;
function TurnOffHyphenationSelection() {
app.selection[0].texts[0].hyphenation=false;
app.selection[0].cells.everyItem().texts[0].hyphenation=false;
function BreakLinktoStyleDocument() {
app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().texts.everyItem().applyParagraphStyle(app.activeDoc ument.paragraphStyles.item(0), false);
app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().texts.everyItem().applyCharacterStyle(app.activeDoc ument.characterStyles.item(0), false);
myTables = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem();
myTables.cells.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().applyParagraphStyle( app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.item(0), false);
myTables.cells.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().applyCharacterStyle( app.activeDocument.characterStyles.item(0), false);
function BreakLinktoStyleSelection() {
app.selection[0].texts.everyItem().applyParagraphStyle(app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles. item(0), false);
app.selection[0].texts.everyItem().applyCharacterStyle(app.activeDocument.characterStyles. item(0), false);
app.selection[0].cells.everyItem().texts[0].applyParagraphStyle(app.activeDocument.paragra phStyles.item(0), false);
app.selection[0].cells.everyItem().texts[0].applyCharacterStyle(app.activeDocument.charact erStyles.item(0), false);
function myFindChangeByList1(myObject, myCheckSelection){
var myScriptFileName, myFindChangeFile, myFindChangeFileName, myScriptFile, myResult;
var myFindChangeArray, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindLimit;
var myStartCharacter, myEndCharacter;
var myFindChangeFile = myFindFile("/ScriptSupport/te.txt")
if(myFindChangeFile != null){
// Because the selection will change as we add/remove characters,
// we'll need to reset the selection after each pass if we are
// checking the selection. We'll get the index of the first character
// in the selection (relative to the start of its parent story) and
// the index of the last character in the selection (relative to the
// *end* of the story, and we'll use them later in the script to
// keep the ends of the selection in place.
if(myCheckSelection == true){
var myStart = myObject.characters.item(0).index;
var myEnd = myObject.characters.item(-1).index;
var myStory = myObject.parentStory;
var myStoryEnd = myStory.characters.item(-1).index;
myEnd = (myStoryEnd - myEnd)+1;
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;
if(myCheckSelection == true){
myStartCharacter = myStory.characters.item(myStart);
myEndCharacter = myStory.characters.item(-myEnd);
myObject = myStory.texts.itemByRange(myStartCharacter, myEndCharacter);
app.select (myObject);
} while(myFindChangeFile.eof == false);
myFindChangeFile.close();
alert("Done");
function myFindText(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions){
//Reset the find/change preferences before each search.
app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findChangeTextOptions = 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;
app.findChangeTextOptions = 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;
app.findChangeGrepOptions = 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;
app.findChangeGrepOptions = 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;
app.findChangeGlyphOptions = 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;
app.findChangeGlyphOptions = 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;
and here is my text file, te.txt
//001
grep {findWhat:"."} {appliedLanguage: app.languagesWithVendors.item("English: USA"), kerningMethod: "無"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeLockedStoriesForFind:true, widthSensitive:true}
//002
grep {findWhat:"."} {kinsokuSet: "繁體中文避頭尾(s)"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeLockedStoriesForFind:true, widthSensitive:true}
//003
grep {findWhat:"."} {mojikumi: "nothing"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeLockedStoriesForFind:true, widthSensitive:true}
//004
grep {findWhat:"."} {ligatures:false} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeLockedStoriesForFind:true, widthSensitive:true}
//005
grep {findWhat:"."} {gridAlignment: 1852796517} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeLockedStoriesForFind:true, widthSensitive:true}
//006
grep {findWhat:"."} {leadingModel: 1248619858} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeLockedStoriesForFind:true, widthSensitive:true}
//007
grep {findWhat:"."} {characterAlignment: 1247896172} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, includeLockedStoriesForFind:true, widthSensitive:true} -
Best workflow to select all text in object
I regularly copy text filled objects to reuse them and need to change the text within. Does anyone have a fast way to select all text?
Currently I have to double click the text to get a cursor and then use a control+A to select all text in the box.
I would love to have a single to 2 button press to do this or better yet a fast way to do this with the mouse. Even an contextual right click option would rock!
All ideas appreciated and will be tested.
DavidNice tip! I have also found you can right click to edit text, I wish it would select all when you do that.
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How to select two text boxes (linked) separated by a distance?
dear all,
how to select two boxes in an indd CS6 document? I tried to label them also but unable to select.
VirenderDear Uwe, Many thanks for your points.
I have 10 indd files and each file has one page and a table is only item present on page. So few files has table present in one table and few files has two text boxes because table has many rows so spiltted in two linked text boxes.
I somehow able to select both text boxes but while exporting them only one text box table get exported as png because of improper code.
#target Indesign
var sourceFolder = new Folder ("/Users/admin4/Desktop/INS");
var myFiles = sourceFolder.getFiles();
//alert (myFiles.length);
var destFolder = new Folder ("/Users/admin4/Desktop/folder3");
for (i=0; i < myFiles.length; i++)
if (myFiles[i].name !=".DS_Store")
var sourceDoc = app.open(myFiles[i]);
app.activeDocument.pageItems.everyItem().select();
//app.activeDocument.stories[0].tables[0].parent.select();
var destFile = File(destFolder + "/" + myFiles[i].name + ".png");
app.selection[0].exportFile(ExportFormat.PNG_FORMAT, destFile, false);
// here i need to correct code.
sourceDoc.close(SaveOptions.NO); -
What is the keyboard shortcut to view all text boxes?
what is the keyboard shortcut to view all text boxes? I have unwanted horizontal scrolling and it may be due to a wandering, forgotten textbox.
thanksCTRL/A on WIndows
Command/A on Mac -
I have a cfoutput query which shows the folowoing
Group 1
"Check box" "John Smith"
"Check box" "Paul John"
"Check box" "Jeff Small"
Group 2
"Check box" "Craig Land"
"Check box" "Pete Son"
"Check box" "Pete smoth"
so what i want next to each "Group" have a select all Check
box in group link or Check box
so if clicked only the check boxes in that group are
checked> ok thanks for the great reply
> any idea how i would do this?
I think Dan might have been suggesting that - given it's a JS
question -
asking on a CF forum might not be the best idea. Speaking for
myself, I'm
a pretty good CF developer, but only an adequate JS
developer. And that's
probably representative of the audience here.
I don't think Dan was trying to be unhelpful, just
matter-of-fact.
If you have JS questions, ask on a JS forum. "Best tools for
the job",
etc.
Adam -
I have a requirement with select and text boxes. JSP / JDBC
I have a Combo Box which iswritten by a JSP by connecting to DB!
When i click on a <option> corresponding the other two text boxes must be loaded with data!
if i have list of EmpID in <select>, in one text box i should get his CITY and other Occupation !
What i thought is .... getting all the data from database. select empid from emp and write a combo and select city,occupation from emp, intp ARRAYLISTs!
function updatData(){
var index=document.projalloc.associateid.selectedIndex;
}if i onSelect=updateData(), (i will get index of empid,as it is a combobox) using which i have to retrieve the values of city and occupation !!
BUT HOW !
I am gettin the index of empid but how to get the data into textbox !!!!well there are many ways of doing this.
1).Render all the data corresponding to each employee at a time.By making a javascript arrays and try to get back the data from there.
2).Save the ArrayList of DTO beans in the scope of session.Use AJAX call a CGI(Servlet/JSP action) fetch the values from the session render the response as XML now parse the XML data using javascript DOM and then update the consecutive textboxes.
Just as an example checkout my answer in the below post.It was an example given for a dependent drop downs.however, we can definately use the same concept to update textboxes too.
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5209661&messageID=9844137#9844137
Hope that might help :)
REGARDS,
RaHuL -
Select all check box at some time
Hi all,
I have a search display .jsp page, which have some checked box, allow the users to check the box and download data from database, righr now the use need to checked the checked the box one by one,
bu tthey want to add other button, which allow them to select all the checked box by click the box, not ideal how to handle.
any adviseHi ,
thank you for the reply,
I finally have time to finish this part
the code is <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
function checkAll(field)
for (i = 0; i < field.length; i++)
field.checked = true ;
function uncheckAll(field)
for (i = 0; i < field.length; i++)
field[i].checked = false ;
<input type="button" name="b1" value="Check All" onClick="checkAll(document.form1.mybox)">
<input type="button" name="b12" value="Uncheck All" onClick="uncheckAll(document.form1.mybox)">
</form>
</script> -
No select all text in text field when I mouse in
Hello
How can I go to next row in a multi-text field when I point my mouse in?
That is, I don't want (when I fire in) have all text select but i want write soon, otherwise as soon as i begin to write all text inserted in it is deleted
ThanksHI user560737,
After over 170 post still
a. No Forms version
b. No friendly handle
c. Inadequate and incomprehensible description
Perhaps one or more of the following are true
1. Members of this forum are not equipped to help you.( So, why bother to post?)
2. You are not appreciative of the help being extended to you, in the form of marking posts helpful / correct
3. You do not articulate and follow through on your post.
How else can one explain
Handle: user560737 Status Level: Newbie
Registered: Feb 24, 2007
Total Posts: 171
Total Questions: 37 (35 unresolved) >
How can I go to next row in a <b>multi-text field</b> when I point my mouse in?That is, I don't want <b>(when I fire in)</b> have all text select but i want write soon, otherwise as soon as i begin to write all text inserted in it is deleted -
Re- Single click in the check box ensure to select all check boxes
Hi All,
I have an issue to notify the urgency of the cart to the buyer while creating the cart.For that scenario we have a check box in the Basic data of shopping cart.I added the check box in the basic data. Now the quote check box is available for all the line items.
The requestor can select any check box in any line items,so whenever he selects the check box- automatically all the check box should get selected , if any of the check box get deselected then imediatelely all the check box in different line items also should get deselected.Hi Batchu,
Thanks for your reply, See if you add any custom field it will come one by one in the basic data section. Adding one more check box doesnot work for this case.
Moreover the problem is change to any particular line item can be captured in DOC_CHANGE_BADI but i cannot bring the same change to all line items (ie) If 3 rd line item check box is marked then immediately rest of the line item also should get marked.
In the case of DOC_CHECK_BADI to identify the line on which the change happens is tough.
SO thats is the problem for me to bring the logic in the code.
Please if any one come across similar kind of issue please give your suggestion.
Thanks,
Sibi -
hi,
the first column of my alv grid display is check boxes. i want all the check boxes to be checked when the user clicks on the select all button present on the grid.it very urgently required.plz give me the code.
thanks & regards,
santoshHi santosh nayak ,
on the action method of select all button, read the the whole alv. Set the value of the first field as abap_true. Bind the itab back to the node.
Regards
Sarath
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