Returns:
• Boolean

The orientation of the text in the text item.

Returns:
• String ('horizontal', 'vertical')

Specifies whether to use optical alignment within the text item. Optical alignment hangs punctuation outside the edges of a text item.

Returns:
• Boolean — true if the text item uses optical alignment, false otherwise

Returns the index of the text item in its story. Read-only.

Returns:
• Number

Returns the story that the text item belongs to. Read-only.

Returns:
• TextStory

Returns the next text item in a story of various linked text items. Read-only.

Returns:
• TextItem

Returns the previous text item in a story of various linked text items. Read-only.

Returns:
• TextItem

The text contents of the text item.

Returns:
• String

Returns a text range for all the characters, even the invisible ones outside the container. Read-only.

Returns:
• TextRange

In case there's an overflow in the text, this only returns a range over the visible characters, while range returns one over the whole text. Read-only.

Returns:
• TextRange

Returns the index of the first visible character of the text item. (this is the equivalent of calling TextItem.visibleRange.start) Read-only.

Returns:
• Number

Returns the index of the last visible character of the text item. (this is the equivalent of calling TextItem.visibleRange.end) Read-only.

Returns:
• Number

The text ranges of the words contained within the text item. Note that the returned text range includes the trailing whitespace characters of the words.

Sample code:

var text = new PointText(new Point(0,0));
text.content = 'The contents of the point text.';
var word = text.words[1];
print(word.content) // 'contents ' - note the space after 'contents';

Returns:
• Array of TextRange, read-only

The text ranges of the paragraphs contained within the text item. Note that the returned text range includes the trailing paragraph (\r) characters of the paragraphs.

Sample code:

var text = new PointText(new Point(0,0));
// ('\r' is the escaped character that specifies a new paragraph)
text.content = 'First paragraph\rSecond paragraph';
var paragraph = text.paragraphs[1];
print(paragraph.content) //returns 'Second paragraph';

Returns:
• Array of TextRange, read-only

The text ranges of the characters contained within the text item.

Sample code:

var text = new PointText(new Point(0,0));
text.content = 'abc';
var character = text.characters[1];
print(character.content) //returns 'b';

Returns:
• Array of TextRange, read-only

The character style of the text item.

Returns:
• CharacterStyle

The paragraph style of the text item.

Returns:
• ParagraphStyle

Converts the text in the text item to outlines. Unlike the Illustrator 'Create Outlines' action, this won't remove the text item.

Returns:
• Item — a Group item containing the outlined text as Path and CompoundPath items.

Links the supplied text item to this one.

Parameters:
• next: TextItem — The text item that will be linked

Returns:
• Boolean — true if the text item was linked, false otherwise

Returns true if the text item is linked, false otherwise

Returns:
• Boolean

Unlinks the text item from its current story.

Returns:
• Boolean — true if the operation as successful, false otherwise

Unlinks the text item from its current story and breaks up the story into two parts before the text item.

Returns:
• Boolean — true if the operation as successful, false otherwise

Unlinks the text item from its current story and breaks up the story into two parts after the text item.

Returns:
• Boolean — true if the operation as successful, false otherwise