Re: Converting Measurements in Quark?
Re: Converting Measurements in Quark?
- Subject: Re: Converting Measurements in Quark?
- From: "Bob.Kalbaugh" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:38:27 -0500
on 11/16/01 7:01 PM, Carlos Cavazos at email@hidden wrote:
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I would like to know if anybody knows how to make applescript that will
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create a new document and convert (if already in inches) from inches to
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picas. And then back to inches at the end of the script. Well, I can
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create a new document, it's just the convert part I'm having problems
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with.
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Thanks, Carlos
Well, If you have a document open, and you know thats it's set to inches and
you just want to convert it to picas, make some changes and reset to inches,
then this should help:
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tell application "QuarkXPress 4.11"
tell document 1
-- convert measurements
set horizontal measure to picas
set vertical measure to picas
-- do pica related script stuff
-- reset measurements
set horizontal measure to inches
set vertical measure to inches
end tell -- document
end tell -- QXP
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If you want to have more control when creating the document, try something
like this:(watch wrapping line)
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tell application "QuarkXPress 4.11"
make new document at beginning with properties {page width:"42p", page
height:"60p", horizontal measure:picas, vertical measure:picas}
tell document 1
-- do pica related script stuff
-- convert to inches
set horizontal measure to inches
set vertical measure to inches
end tell -- document
end tell -- QXP
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Hope that helps,
bob.kalbaugh