2009/10/13 Steve B. Gerow <[email protected]>: > Has anyone tried this?: > 1) export the records to a tab-sep text file > 2) import the text file into a single global field > 3) use the Substitute function with Char/Code functions to set the para > returns in the text in the global
Steve, that's not going to work as-is for the reasons I've outlined previously: once you've gathered all the text into a single global field you've lost the ability to get it out again while keeping the InDesign header in its own paragraph. I haven't tested but also I don't know that you'd be saving much time compared with just looping through the records and assembling the global field with a calculation. Emma: given that you're using AppleScript anyway ... the Satimage scripting addition includes a "change" command that allows you to search/replace text within a file on disk without having to open the file. Of course you may not want to install scripting additions on each client machine... -- Tim Mansour <[email protected]> Neologica Print & Promotions ABN 63 904 335 408 Certified FileMaker 10 Developer "He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love." -- Martin Luther King, Jr
