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Re: InDesign 2 box names
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Re: InDesign 2 box names


  • Subject: Re: InDesign 2 box names
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:57:59 +1000

On 23/10/02 5:40 PM +1000, iMP, email@hidden, wrote:

> Does anyone know how to refer to a picture box (rectangle) by name in
> InDesign 2? There doesn't seem to be a name property for this. If
> there is no name property, how would I reference a box that has been
> moved, reshaped, refilled, etc., via script later on?

Give it a label:

set label of rectangle 1 to "Whatever"
set shadow mode of rectangle "Whatever" to drop

You can also name them in the UI: that's what the Script Label Palette is
for.

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Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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