Re: Line count anomaly

Jean-Marie Schwartz — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:35:47 GMT

Hi Emma!

Just tried on v7.5 and got the same results. The funny thing is I typed 1 word and a digit in the 2nd column and got 3 as a result then deleted those "words" and got 1 as a result. It looks like a bug. Should be reported to Quark, shouldn't it?

Line count anomaly

Emma — Sun, 31 May 2009 08:30:06 GMT

Can anyone try this? Seems to happen in Quark 6, 7 and 8:

Draw a text box with 2 columns. Put some type in it. Say 2 paragraphs (of one line each), then an enter to force it into the next column, then some more type.

Now run:

tell document 1 of application "QuarkXPress"
    tell text box 1
       tell story 1
           tell paragraph 3

               count of lines
           end tell
       end tell
    end tell
end tell

Paragraph 3 (the top of column 2) will show up as having 3 lines, even if it's only got 1.

If paragraph 3 only contains a return, it shows as one line.

Also, a paragraph ending with a return usually returns 2 lines, whereas the one ending with 'enter' shows as 1 line (assuming single line paragraphs!).

I have a script which depends on the length of the paragraph, and when the para falls at the top of a column, it goes wrong.

I may have raised this before, a couple of years ago, but I'd still love an answer!

QuarkXPress and AppleScript

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