INDESIGN: Duplicating Text Frame in Position & Changing Class
INDESIGN: Duplicating Text Frame in Position & Changing Class
- Subject: INDESIGN: Duplicating Text Frame in Position & Changing Class
- From: Rick Gordon <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:01:53 -0800
What is the best way to duplicate a text frame in position, removing its content and changing its class to unassigned: the functional equivalent to this in GUI:
1) Copy the text frame.
2) Move the original to another layer (optional).
3) Delete its text contents.
4) Change its object class to Unassigned (or Graphic).
5) Paste the copy in place.
6) Set fill and stroke of the copy to None, and clear all transparency.
Since I don't think that there is a way to change an existing text frame object to a rectangle class by scripting, I'm figuring I need to make new rectangle on the target layer with the bounds, fill color, stroke color, transparency settings, fill transparency settings, and stroke transparency settings of the original, but I get errors when trying to do that.
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RICK GORDON
EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING
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