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Using glyph search, Working with Tables

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CHAPTER 6: Text and Type Working with Tables 104 } function myRemoveDuplicates(myArray){ //Semi-clever method of removing duplicate array items; much faster //than comparing every item to every other item! var myNewArray = new Array; myArray = myArray.sort(); myNewArray.push(myArray[0]); if(myArray.length > 1){ for(var myCounter = 1; myCounter < myArray.length; myCounter ++){ if(myArray[myCounter] != myNewArray[myNewArray.length -1]){ myNewArray.push(myArray[myCounter]); } } } return myNewArray; } Using glyph search You can find and change individual characters in a specific font using the findGlyph and changeGlyph methods and the associated findGlyphPreferences and changeGlyphPreferences objects. The following scripts fragment shows how to find and change a glyph in an example document (for the complete script, see FindChangeGlyph): //Clear glyph search preferences. app.findGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; app.changeGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; var myDocument = app.documents.item(0); //You must provide a font that is used in the document for the //appliedFont property of the findGlyphPreferences object. app.findGlyphPreferences.appliedFont = app.fonts.itemByName("Minion ProRegular"); //Provide the glyph ID, not the glyph Unicode value. app.findGlyphPreferences.glyphID = 374; //The appliedFont of the changeGlyphPreferences object can be //any font available to the application. app.changeGlyphPreferences.appliedFont = app.fonts.itemByName("Times New RomanBold"); app.changeGlyphPreferences.glyphID = 85; myDocument.changeGlyph(false); //Clear glyph search preferences. app.findGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; app.changeGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; Working with Tables Tables can be created from existing text using the convertTextToTable method, or an empty table can be created at any insertion point in a story. The following script fragment shows three different ways to create a table (for the complete script, see MakeTable):

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C
HAPTER
6: Text and Type
Working with Tables
104
}
function myRemoveDuplicates(myArray){
//Semi-clever method of removing duplicate array items; much faster
//than comparing every item to every other item!
var myNewArray = new Array;
myArray = myArray.sort();
myNewArray.push(myArray[0]);
if(myArray.length > 1){
for(var myCounter = 1; myCounter < myArray.length; myCounter ++){
if(myArray[myCounter] != myNewArray[myNewArray.length -1]){
myNewArray.push(myArray[myCounter]);
}
}
}
return myNewArray;
}
Using glyph search
You can find and change individual characters in a specific font using the
findGlyph
and
changeGlyph
methods and the associated
findGlyphPreferences
and
changeGlyphPreferences
objects. The
following scripts fragment shows how to find and change a glyph in an example document (for the
complete script, see FindChangeGlyph):
//Clear glyph search preferences.
app.findGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
//You must provide a font that is used in the document for the
//appliedFont property of the findGlyphPreferences object.
app.findGlyphPreferences.appliedFont = app.fonts.itemByName("Minion ProRegular");
//Provide the glyph ID, not the glyph Unicode value.
app.findGlyphPreferences.glyphID = 374;
//The appliedFont of the changeGlyphPreferences object can be
//any font available to the application.
app.changeGlyphPreferences.appliedFont = app.fonts.itemByName("Times New RomanBold");
app.changeGlyphPreferences.glyphID = 85;
myDocument.changeGlyph(false);
//Clear glyph search preferences.
app.findGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGlyphPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
Working with Tables
Tables can be created from existing text using the
convertTextToTable
method, or an empty table can
be created at any insertion point in a story. The following script fragment shows three different ways to
create a table (for the complete script, see MakeTable):