Language Guide

APPENDIX B
Scriptable Text Editor Dictionary
Scriptable Text Editor Object Class Definitions 343
PROPERTIES
Font The name of the font of the word. If the font varies within the
word, the Font property specifies the font of the first character.
Class: String
Modifiable? Yes
Length The number of characters in a text object.
Class: Integer
Modifiable? No
Offset The offset, in characters, from the beginning of the document to
the first character of a text object.
Class: Integer
Modifiable? No
Size The size, in points, of the word. If the size varies within the
word, the Size property specifies the size of the first character.
Class: Integer
Modifiable? Yes
Style The text styles of a text object. If the text styles vary within the
word, the Style property specifies the styles of the first character.
Class: Text Style Info. Objects of this class have two properties:
On Styles and Off Styles. The On Styles property specifies the
styles that apply to the text object. The Off Styles property
specifies the styles that do not apply to the text object. Both
properties are lists of constants that specify text styles. See
“Elements of Text Objects” on page 314 for information
about how styles are used. The constants that can be used in
Style property lists are bold, italic, outline, underline,
and shadow.
Modifiable? Yes
Uniform Styles
The text styles that are uniformly “on” or “off” for all characters
of a text object.
Class: Text Style Info. Objects of this class have two properties:
On Styles and Off Styles. The On Styles property specifies the
styles that apply to all the characters of the text object. The Off
Styles property specifies the styles that do not apply to any of
the characters of the text object. Both properties are lists of
constants that specify text styles. If a style does not appear in
either list, the style applies to some but not all of the characters