Quark Unicode character change
Quark Unicode character change
- Subject: Quark Unicode character change
- From: Levon Spradlin <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:13:23 -0600
- Thread-topic: Quark Unicode character change
Title: Quark Unicode character change
I have been receiving files that have the Masculine Ordinal Indicator instead of the standard Degree Sign. It is a bit random, sometimes mixed in a folder. The files have multiple text boxes and sometimes art as well. The fonts usually do not change. Am I going in the right direction with this? I haven’t had much time in the last few months to address AppleScript amongst my numerous responsibilities, so I continuously feel like I am re-learning As when I pick up a project again. Any help is appreciated.
--This script will change the
--U+00B0 (MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR)
--characters to
--U+00BA (DEGREE SIGN).
copy text item delimiters of AppleScript to savedDelim
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to {":"}
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to savedDelim
set charInput to «data utxt00BA»
set charOutput to «data utxt00B0»
display dialog "Input - Masculine Ordinal Indicator: " & charInput & return & "Output - Degree Sign: " & charOutput
set sourceFolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose the folder to process."
tell application "Finder" to set theFiles to files of folder sourceFolder whose kind contains "QuarkXPress"
repeat with oneFile in theFiles
tell application "QuarkXPress"
activate
open (oneFile as alias)
tell front document
repeat with p from 1 to count of pages
repeat with a from 1 to count of text boxes
repeat with c from 1 to count of characters
if c is charInput then
set c to charOutput
end if
end repeat
end repeat
end repeat
end tell
end tell
--close saving yes --uncomment when done
end repeat
--display dialog "Character change done."
Levon Spradlin
Technology Manager, Texas Desktop Publishing Support Services
Pearson | Assessment & Information
512-989-5300 x 3989
email@hidden
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