Adobe 0046100128056 Scripting Guide - Page 105
The following script fragment shows how to split table cells. For the complete script
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CHAPTER 6: Text and Type Working with Tables 105 var myDocument = app.documents.item(0); var myStory = myDocument.stories.item(0); var myStartCharacter = myStory.paragraphs.item(6).characters.item(0); var myEndCharacter = myStory.paragraphs.item(6).characters.item(-2); var myText = myStory.texts.itemByRange(myStartCharacter, myEndCharacter); //The convertToTable method takes three parameters: //[ColumnSeparator as string] //[RowSeparator as string] //[NumberOfColumns as integer] (only used if the ColumnSeparator //and RowSeparator values are the same) //In the last paragraph in the story, columns are separated by commas //and rows are separated by semicolons, so we provide those characters //to the method as parameters. var myTable = myText.convertToTable(",",";"); var myStartCharacter = myStory.paragraphs.item(1).characters.item(0); var myEndCharacter = myStory.paragraphs.item(4).characters.item(-2); var myText = myStory.texts.itemByRange(myStartCharacter, myEndCharacter); //In the second through the fifth paragraphs, colums are separated by //tabs and rows are separated by returns. These are the default delimiter //parameters, so we don't need to provide them to the method. var myTable = myText.convertToTable(); //You can also explicitly add a table--you don't have to convert text to a table. var myTable = myStory.insertionPoints.item(-1).tables.add(); myTable.columnCount = 3; myTable.bodyRowCount = 3; The following script fragment shows how to merge table cells. (For the complete script, see MergeTableCells.) var myDocument = app.documents.item(0); var myStory = myDocument.stories.item(0); var myTable = myStory.insertionPoints.item(-1).tables.add(); myTable.columnCount = 4; myTable.bodyRowCount = 4; //Merge all of the cells in the first column. myTable.cells.item(0).merge(myTable.columns.item(0).cells.item(-1)); //Convert column 2 into 2 cells (rather than 4). myTable.columns.item(1).cells.item(-1).merge(myTable.columns.item(1).cells.item(-2)); myTable.columns.item(1).cells.item(0).merge(myTable.columns.item(1).cells.item(1)); //Merge the last two cells in row 1. myTable.rows.item(0).cells.item(-2).merge(myTable.rows.item(0).cells.item(-1)); //Merge the last two cells in row 3. myTable.rows.item(2).cells.item(-2).merge(myTable.rows.item(2).cells.item(-1)); The following script fragment shows how to split table cells. (For the complete script, see SplitTableCells.)