InDesign2026
API 21.5.1.73
Object

TextImportPreference

Text import preferences.

Preference TextImportPreference
Hierarchy

Application

TextImportPreference

Properties

NameType AccessDescription
TextImportCharacterSet
+27 more
read/write The computer language character set used to create the text file.
Boolean read/write If true, converts the specified number of spaces into a tab. For information on specifying the number of spaces, see spaces into tabs count.
String read/write The dictionary to use for the imported text.
EventListeners<EventListener> readonly A collection of event listeners.
Events<Event> readonly A collection of events.
Boolean readonly Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
Application readonly The parent of the TextImportPreference (a Application).
ImportPlatform
read/write The platform used to create the imported text file.
Object read/write A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
Number read/write The number of spaces to convert to a tab. Note: Valid when convert spaces into tabs is true.
Boolean read/write If true, the import filter removes extra carriage returns at the ends of lines.
Boolean read/write If true, the import filter removes extra carriage returns between paragraphs.
Boolean read/write If true, convert straight quotes and apostrophes in the imported text to typographic quotation marks and apostrophes.

Methods

EventListener

Adds an event listener.

eventType String The event type.
handler File | JavaScriptFunction The event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures? Boolean This parameter is obsolete.
TextImportPreference[]

Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.

Boolean

Removes the event listener.

eventType String The registered event type.
handler File | JavaScriptFunction The registered event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures? Boolean This parameter is obsolete.
String

Generates a string which, if executed, will return the TextImportPreference.

String

Retrieves the object specifier.

Object of 4

Properties elsewhere that hold a TextImportPreference.

Return 1

Methods that return a TextImportPreference.