I had a script that did this in earlier versions of pages. Not sure if it still 
works.

I am not often on the MacVisionaries list, but send me a message if you want to 
see that code.


Best wishes,

Jonathan



On Apr 25, 2014, at 5:14 AM, Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Here's a link to my script  You'll probably notice it has difficulties with 
> tables which are not created by AppleScript. It can, however, create tables 
> for you which you can then rename. In any case, this might help some of you 
> realise the oddities and hopefully we can get to the bottom of it and develop 
> a more effective script.
> 
> Here's the URL:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58683113/Rename%20Tables%20in%20Pages.scpt
> 
> On 25 Apr 2014, at 4:35 pm, Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm in the process of developing an AppleScript to change the name of tables 
>> in Pages. It's not as straight forward as for Numbers for a couple of 
>> reasons. However, I've pretty much nailed it down but for one thing.
>> 
>> For some reason, tables in Pages seem to be somehow locked or invisible to 
>> AppleScript unless they were themselves created by AppleScript.
>> 
>> Related to this is the fact that, at least for me, when I select a table, go 
>> to the Arrange tab of the Format Inspector, the position coordinates for the 
>> table seem to be unavailable. I never noticed this before, so not sure if 
>> it's something I've somehow done accidentally, or if this is a bug/feature 
>> of Pages.
>> 
>> Could others please test for me if you can access the position coordinates 
>> for a table in Pages? If so, please let me know which table in which 
>> document and/or send me a copy of the document to test.
>> 
>> If you know a thing or two about AppleScript and have the time and 
>> inclination to help, let me know and I'll share my script and perhaps you 
>> can give some feedback.
>> 
>> Many thanks,
>> Nic
> 
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