quarkxpress script to make trapping default

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

is there a script that can make all trapping in quark 6.0 set to default? The reason being our client sends us files that are constantly set up wrong with white text overprinting…

could anyone help!!!

#2

This works in QX 5, hope they haven’t broken it in 6. This affects only White characters, leaving trap values of other colors alone, if you need Quark trapping:

tell document 1
try
set trap text of every text style range of every story where its color is “White” to knockout
end try

Or, this is functionally identical to going to Preferences>Trapping and selecting Knockout All, if you don’t need QX traps and perhaps have in-rip trapping (but some trap attributes, like the annoying white overprint, seem to crop up even in composite workflows) :

set the properties of document 1 to {trapping method:knockout all}

#3

thanks I’ll give that a go!