Comments on: Merge TextFrames Extension for Adobe InDesign

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:36:14 +0000

Looks like the JSX file was still linked to version 1.1.0. Sorry about that! The download links at the top should be up-to-date now.

By: Jaimee Greenawalt

Jaimee Greenawalt — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:55:05 +0000

Boy I hope so! I have about 8 data bases, 35 pages each to format if not…ugh. I originally downloaded the links that you have above….I’m sure I’m just not seeing it but is that 1.2.0 version on this page somewhere to download?

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:21:42 +0000

Jaimee,
Are you using the latest version (1.2.0)? That may resolve your issue. Let me know if it does not.

By: Jaimee Greenawalt

Jaimee Greenawalt — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:26:17 +0000

Hey great script! I have a concern though….I am combining text frames that were created by doing a data merge. When I merge the frames it is reformatting my text to different font styles and also eliminating a character that I have copied and pasted as a square bullet. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:21:06 +0000

John, That’s part of InDesign’s functionality. You can only select items on 1 page at a time. If you want to merge them, drag the textframes onto 1 page.

By: John Towsen

John Towsen — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:58:25 +0000

Okay, ignore previous message, as I was clicking on the .mxp file, instead of the .jsp file (hadn’t opened the Ajar folder)

But I still have a problem. I want to select two text boxes at the same time to perform the script, BUT it seems I can only do this if they are on the same page. If the boxes are on two different pages, holding down shift to select the second one deselects the first. Am I missing something here? I’m using CS4 on Mac O.S. 10.5.8

By: John Towsen

John Towsen — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:21:53 +0000

I’m getting this error message (CS4 on Mac OS 10.5.8)

This file is not executable by any supported script language.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:52:45 +0000

Okay, Ken provided me with a test file (thanks, Ken!) and I think I got the issue worked out. My previous tests only included 1 paragraph style per textframe. New versions are posted (v 1.2.0). You’ll still need to use a hard return, but it should preserve all styles as expected now.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:32:12 +0000

Ken, no matter how you run the script, it should retain the visual aspects of your paragraph and character styles. In order to actually retain the paragraph styles, though, you need paragraphs. Make sure there’s a hard return (\r) in the separator that you use, to keep each piece as separate paragraphs. That should do the trick.

By: Ken Smith

Ken Smith — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:33:59 +0000

Hi Justin! – This is brilliant as I’m running a data merge in indesign CS4 to import 1,700 entries into an events guide and wasn’t looking forward to hand linking all the text boxes.

Using data merge all the copy is imported into the document in the correct paragraph styles – which saves a lot of time – but when I run your script all the Paragraph styles are lost, which still means a long night re-styling all the components of each entry…

Is there a way of using your excellent script that retains the paragraph styles?

Best Regards

Ken