location of a chunk in a field

[dunbarx at aol.com]

Hi.


Would the "selectedLoc" help"



But when you say "loc" do you in fact mean something like "the nineteenth word in line 3"? In other words, a chunk gadget as opposed to a cartesian gizmo?



Craig Newman




-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>
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Subject: Re: location of a chunk in a field


Hi Chris:

Maybe formattedRect?

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design

> On Mar 10, 2014, at 10:43 AM, Chris Sheffield <cmsheffield at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> I seem to remember a function or property that would give me the location of a 
chunk in a field. I have a field where I want to find the location for any given 
word in that field.
> 
> Is this possible? Did I dream it? :-) I suppose it’s possible I had a custom 
function for this at one point and that’s what I’m thinking of.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
> 
> 
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