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• • May 31, 2019 at 4:39 pm #116971
    Year 1917

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    hi

    what is the GREP code to select the 2 first words and the space afterwards of a paragraph?

    thanks

  • May 31, 2019 at 6:09 pm #116974
    Jeremy Howard

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    While this is certainly possible through GREP, the more simple solution would be to use nested styles. Apply character style x through 2 words.

    That being said, this would be the GREP string to use:

    ^(\<.*?\>){2}

  • June 1, 2019 at 6:56 pm #116992
    Year 1917

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    thanks jeremy!

    the reason i cannot do it via nested styles is cause i wanna put a anchored object after the second word.

    thanks

  • June 5, 2019 at 11:38 am #117055
    Year 1917

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    thanks jeremy!

    i just tried your code, however it selects the first 2 words of each paragraphs even in a case that there is numbering (i want that it should select the first 2 words even when the first word is not a word just a number (example: “1) hello” and not “1) hello jeremy”).

    thanks

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