I'm working on a script that applies custom headings to a plain text document imported in Google Docs. The scripts works pretty much as it should. However the resulting document has a weird layout, as if random page breaks were inserted here and there. But there are no page breaks and I can't understand the reason of this layout. Checking the paragraph attributes give me no hints on what is wrong.
Here is the text BEFORE the script is applied:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MzFvlkG13i3rrUcz5jmmSppG4sBH6zTXr7RViwdqaIo/edit?usp=sharing
You can make a copy of the document and execute the script (from the Scripts menu, choose Apply Headings). The script applies the appropriate heading to the scene heading, name of the character, dialogue, etc.
As you can see, at the bottom of page 2 and 3 of the resulting document there is a big gap and I can't figure out why. The paragraph attributes seem ok to me...
Here is a copy of the script:
// Apply headings to sceneheadings, actions, characters, dialogues, parentheticals
// to an imported plain text film script;
function ApplyHeadings() {
var pars = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getBody().getParagraphs();
for(var i=0; i<pars.length; i++) {
var par = pars[i];
var partext = par.getText();
var indt = par.getIndentStart();
Logger.log(indt);
if (indt > 100 && indt < 120) {
var INT = par.findText("INT.");
var EXT = par.findText("EXT.");
if (INT != null || EXT != null) {
par.setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING1);
par.setAttributes(ResetAttributes());
}
else {
par.setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.NORMAL);
par.setAttributes(ResetAttributes());
}
}
else if (indt > 245 && indt < 260) {
par.setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING2);
par.setAttributes(ResetAttributes());
}
else if (indt > 170 && indt < 190) {
par.setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING3);
par.setAttributes(ResetAttributes());
}
else if (indt > 200 && indt < 240) {
par.setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING4);
par.setAttributes(ResetAttributes());
}
}
}
// Reset all the attributes to "null" apart from HEADING;
function ResetAttributes() {
var style = {};
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.STRIKETHROUGH] = null;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT] = null;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.INDENT_START] = null;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.INDENT_END] = null;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.INDENT_FIRST_LINE] = null;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.LINE_SPACING] = null;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.ITALIC] = null;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_SIZE] = null;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_FAMILY] = null;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.BOLD] = null;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.SPACING_BEFORE] = null;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.SPACING_AFTER] = null;
return style;
}
A couple of screenshots to make the problem more clear.
This is page 2 of the document BEFORE the script is applied.
This is page two AFTER the script is applied. Headings are applied correctly but... Why the white space at the bottom?
Note: if you manually re-apply HEADING2 to the first paragraph of page 3 (AUDIO TV), the paragraph will jump back to fill the space at the bottom of page 2. This action, however, doesn't change any attribute in the paragraph. So why the magic happens?
Thanks a lot for your patience.