Quark Shade property of Character Style Sheets

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#1

Does anyone know if it is possible to script the changing of the SHADE property of a Character Style (Character Spec Class).

The Shade property is actually inherited through the Character Attributes Class but this class requires the first character of a text box to be selected first. I don’t want to select a single character in a text box because I want to globally change this property throughout the entire document.

If this is possible I will be getting the script to change any Character Style sheets that are currently set to 1% Black and make them 100% Black, do a print out and then close without saving.

I am OK with everything else except this one Shade property.

When I have tried what I would expect to be the right syntax I get an error stating “Can’t get shade of character spec X … etc…”

Any pointers on the right syntax?

Thanks

Toby

#2

You have to use the raw event code for character attributes («class CATR») if you have QuarkXPress 4. It’s fixed in later versions.

tell app "QuarkXPress™ 4.11"
set shade of «class CATR» of every character spec of document 1 to "100%"
end tell

Answer compliments of Shirley W. Hopkins’s “Applescripting QuarkXPress”

#3

Thanks for the tip Dennis … I have just gone and purchased a copy of her book along with her other book on InDesign as if that is where you got your info then it must be a good resource.

Toby