I'm trying to delete text in non-linked text frames without having to individually click inside each one, select all, and delete. Is there a faster way of doing this?
211k 21 21 gold badges 297 297 silver badges 572 572 bronze badges asked Feb 9, 2015 at 19:49 31 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 3 3 bronze badgesYes -- but since it requires multiple text frames to be selected, it can only work on a single spread. You cannot select items 'across' spreads.
This is also scriptable and can be made to work on an entire document, but since a script works independent of any user input, you'd need some way of telling it what frames to clear out.
answered Feb 9, 2015 at 22:29 4,248 2 2 gold badges 15 15 silver badges 27 27 bronze badgesNice tip. if you put the text fields you don't want deleted on a separate locked layer you can strip your entire document from text leaving you with a nice blank indesign template.
Same can be done with a script removing all images not positioned on a locked layer in your document.