// Find_OversetText.jsx 
// 
// DESCRIPTION: Finds overset text in active document  
// A JavaScript for InDesign CS2  
// 
endMessage = "No overset text found in document."  
 
// Deselect whatever might be selected  
 
if (app.documents.length > 0) {  
    app.select(null);  
    var myDoc = app.documents[0];  
    var myStories = myDoc.stories;  
    scount = myStories.length;  
    for (myCounter=0; scount>myCounter; myCounter++) {  
        if (myStories[myCounter].textFrames[-1].overflows) {  
            myFrame = myStories[myCounter].textFrames[-1];  
            myPage = myFrame.parent;  
            // what if parent is not a page (e.g., inline frame)  
            endMessage = "No other overset text found in document."  
            try {  
                while (myPage.constructor.name != "Page") {  
                    if (myPage.parentTextFrame == undefined) {  
                        myPage = myPage.parent;  
                    } else {  
                        myPage = myPage.parentTextFrame;  
                    }  
                }  
                app.activeWindow.activeSpread = myPage.parent;  
                app.select(myStories[myCounter].textFrames[-1])  
                theMessage = "Overset text frame found. Ignore and look for others?";  
            } catch (e) {  
                theMessage = "Deeply overset frame found; can't be selected. Ignore and look for others?";  
            }  
            if (confirm(theMessage)) {  
                continue;  
            } else {  
                exit();  
            } 
        } 
    }  
    for (myCounter=0; scount>myCounter; myCounter++) {  
        myTables = myStories[myCounter].tables;  
        tcount = myTables.length  
        if (tcount != 0) {  
            for (j=0; tcount>j; j++) {  
                myCells = myTables[j].cells;  
                ccount = myCells.length;  
                for (k=0; ccount>k; k++) {  
                    if (myCells[k].overflows) {  
                        // Found one; find page it's on  
                        endMessage = "No other overset text found in document."  
                        try {  
                            myCellNos = [k,k-1,k+1];  
                            for (x = 0; myCellNos.length > x; x++) {  
                                try {  
                                    myPage = myCells[myCellNos[x]].texts[0].parentTextFrames[0].parent;  
                                    break;  
                                } catch (e) {  
                                    if (x = myCellNos.length) {throw "Blast!"}  
                                }  
                            }  
                            // what if parent is not a page (e.g., inline frame)  
                            while (myPage.constructor.name != "Page") {  
                                if (myPage.parentTextFrames[0] == undefined) {  
                                    myPage = myPage.parent;  
                                } else {  
                                    myPage = myPage.parentTextFrames[0].parent;  
                                }  
                            }  
                            app.activeWindow.activeSpread = myPage.parent;  
                            app.select(myCells[k]);  
                            theMessage = "Overset cell found. Ignore and look for others?"  
                        } catch (e) {  
                            theMessage = "Completely overset cell found; can't find page. Ignore and look for others?"  
                        }  
                        if (confirm(theMessage)) {  
                            continue;  
                        } else {  
                            exit();  
                        } 
                    }  
                }  
            }  
        }  
    }  
    alert(endMessage);  
} else {  
    alert("This script operates on the active document; please open one and try again.")  
}