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• • December 11, 2019 at 11:10 am #1202442
    John Penney

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    I am working on a document that has a list of speaker names along with a short biography. Each bio starts with the speakers name and I have been trying to create a GREP expression that will apply a character style to these names. Some names have a middle initial and others do not. Below is the expression I have created but it selects every two words in the bio (paragraph). When I enter the “Beginning of Paragraph” character at the beginning of my expression it selects absolutely nothing.

    [\u]+ ([\u]\.)* ?[\u]+

    I would like to think I am very close to solving this, but I have grown frustrated. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

  • December 11, 2019 at 11:34 am #14323580
    David Blatner

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    Yeah, it can be tricky. But for any formatting that begins at the start of a paragraph, I recommend using Nested Styles. Much easier!
    https://indesignsecrets.com/video-how-to-automate-run-in-header-styles.php

  • December 12, 2019 at 5:04 am #14323577
    Jeremy Howard

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    It’s true that nested styles are easier to implement but I am a bit of a GREP wonk so that’s the way I usually go with these things.

    Try this expression on for size:

    ^u\w+(\u)?\u\w+

    If it works as expected then I’ll drop back in later and explain the expression for you (I have to get my son on the bus now :))

  • December 12, 2019 at 8:39 am #14323575
    Michel Allio for FRIdNGE

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    If not Leonardo da Vinci or Jean Bon-d’York, you could try:

    ^(\u\H+)(\u\.)?(?1)

  • January 13, 2020 at 6:57 am #14323291
    John Penney

    Participant

    Thank you for your responses Jeremy and Michel. I was unable to get your expression to work Jeremy; however, the one provided by Michel worked beautifully. Just want I wanted. Thanks!

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