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This tool helps you quickly select a bunch of similar items that are scattered all over a page or a spread. Instead of having to shift-click-click-click to select a number of scattered frames of the same type, you can now select a single frame, and then use the\u00a0Select All Similar<\/em> function (preferrably via a keyboard shortcut) to select all the other similar frames in one go.<\/p>\n

Installation<\/h3>\n

Please make sure you have a copy of the APID ToolAssistant<\/a><\/em> plug-in installed.<\/p>\n

Make sure you install the proper plug-in for your version of InDesign. InDesign CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5 plug-ins are mutually incompatible.<\/p>\n

If you already have an APID ToolAssistant <\/em>plug-in installed (e.g. because you use one of our other plug-ins), update it to the latest version if necessary.<\/p>\n

When installing plug-ins make sure you copy plug-in files<\/em>, not the folders they are contained in.<\/p>\n

LikeFindsLike will continue to work when the APID ToolAssistant<\/em> demo expires.
i.e You do NOT need to purchase a license for APID ToolAssistant<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Copy the LikeFindsLike.spln<\/em> into the same folder as the APID ToolAssistant<\/a><\/em> plug-in you installed (typically that will be the InDesign Plug-Ins folder). Don’t worry about the icon of the .spln file: it might not be a ‘regular’ icon, and that’s OK.<\/p>\n

Usage<\/h3>\n

A typical example usage is to manage pages that have multiple copies of a few intermingled frame types – for example, there are image frames for some pictures, and each of those image frames is accompanied by a caption frame right underneath.<\/p>\n

Check the following example page: I’d like to select all smaller portrait-oriented frames – some of which contain text, some of which contain an image.<\/p>\n

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The first step is to tell LikeFindsLike<\/em> that we want to select similar frames based purely on size – i.e. we don’t want to differentiate between text frames and image frames. We select the API – Like Finds Like – Configure… <\/em>menu item:<\/p>\n

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Which brings up a configuration dialog box. By default, the\u00a0Same frame type as selected <\/em>checkbox will be checked. We uncheck it so LikeFindsLike<\/em> knows not to look at the frame type (image frame vs. text frame):<\/p>\n

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Now select a single image frame – say, the top-left one, and then right-click (Win) or control-click (Mac) the selected frame to bring up the context menu.<\/p>\n

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Pick the\u00a0API… – Select All Similar<\/em> option.<\/p>\n

And presto… all frames are now selected, ready to be manipulated:<\/p>\n

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It is strongly recommended that you use the\u00a0Edit – Keyboard Shortcuts…<\/em> option in InDesign to assign a shortcut key to the\u00a0Select All Similar<\/em> function. This makes the usage very efficient: click to select a single page item, then hit the shortcut key to select all similar. You’ll find Select All Similar<\/em> under the\u00a0Active Page Item<\/em> product area in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog.<\/p>\n

Work through this example first: create a new document, create two frames of different sizes, and then make a few scattered copies of each of these frames (e.g. 5 copies of the first frame, 6 copies of the second frame, scattered all over the page).<\/p>\n

First select, and then right-click (Win) or control-click (Mac) one of the page items and look for the\u00a0API… <\/em>context menu – it should contain a submenu\u00a0Select All Similar<\/em>. Pick this menu option and note how all the same-shaped frames are selected.<\/p>\n

In the configuration dialog for LikeFindsLike<\/em> you’ll also notice a\u00a0Comparison Tolerance<\/em> percentage – this allows you to have slight deviations between frames, yet still have them considered as being similar.<\/p>\n

By increasing this percentage, you can have LikeFindsLike<\/em> select frames that have a slightly different size, angle, tint,… As long as the differences are below this tolerance level, they will be considered ‘close enough’.<\/p>\n

Let us know if this plug-in is useful to you, at\u00a0pluginsupport@rorohiko.com.<\/a> Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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