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• • July 21, 2019 at 12:54 am #1177257
    Anonymous

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    How can I automatically add parenthesis to a paragraph using a paragraph style?

    I am trying to create a paragraph style that will automatically add parenthesis around the text.
    Is there a way to do this? Would I have to use scripts or is there a simpler way?

    (whatever text is typed should automatically be surrounded by parenthesis like this)

    Thanks.

  • July 22, 2019 at 11:42 am #14324402
    David Blatner

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    I don’t think InDesign can do this automatically.
    If would be easy to use Find/Change (GREP) to add the parentheses. Search for .+ and replace with ($0) (and restrict the search to just the one paragraph style)

    You can add text at the beginning of the paragraph… kind of… with this trick:
    https://indesignsecrets.com/add-custom-text-at-the-beginning-of-each-line.php

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