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ViewsIndesign script: set background image behind a text with a certain paragraph style
I was searching for a solution in Indesign to set a background image behind a text with a certain paragraph style. Unfortunately I did not find any yet. So I thought maybe you can help me out with a script where you:
assign a paragraph style (let's say "chapter_head")
search for its encounter in the whole document.
cut text of the found item and paste it with the same style(or a copy of the style) into a new textframe
load a picture behind the textframe ("small-frame.ai")
group, and paste it to the position where we cut the text out
repeat with all found elements
Thanks in advance! Edit: here as requested a picture of what I am aiming at
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Answer question0
Here you go.
// find all headers with style 'header'
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '^.+$';
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = 'header';
var headers = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
// store contents of the headers in the array 'contents'
var contents = [];
while (headers.length) contents.push(headers.shift().contents);
// replace all the headers with placeholder from clipboard
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = '~C';
app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
// change all '#placeholder#' with contents of the headers
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '#placeholder#';
var placeholders = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
while (contents.length) placeholders.pop().contents = contents.pop();
The script finds all the paragraphs with style 'header', changes them with contents of clipboard (a group: image + text '#placeholder#'), then finds and changes all the texts '#placeholder#' with contents of the headers.
Before:
After:
