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End of table cell character for search/replace

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    • April 29, 2010 at 11:25 am #55594
      FlyingSquirrel
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      I have a document with a large multipage table. Most rows are single line height, but are splitting to two lines because there is a paragraph return in front of the end of table cell character.

      Is there any way to create a search/replace to remove the paragraph returns from these table cells?

      I can do this by hand, but that doesn't seem to be a smart way to use a computer. There must be a way to automate this problem. Does anyone know the solution?

    • April 29, 2010 at 12:39 pm #55596
      Theunis De Jong
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      1. Click the top left corner of the table — the position where the cursor changes to a suspiciously Word-alike right-bottom pointing fat arrow. The entire table gets selected.

      2. Call up Find & Change. You need a fancy-pansy GREP search here so select that tab.

      3. Put this into the Find What box: r+$ (that's “Backslash r for Return, a Plus for any amount, once or more, At End of Cell/Story/Footnote — obviously, only Cell gets used jere)

      4. Put a single space in the Change To box.

      5. Make sure the scope is set to “Selection”. Since CS3, ID tries to guess what you want it to be but often gets it wrong :-P

      6. Click the Change All button.

      7. Sit back and enjoy the feeling of a job well done.

    • April 29, 2010 at 12:46 pm #55597
      FlyingSquirrel
      Member

      Sweet! Thank you so much. This resulted in 608 changes and a whole lot of saved time. I love it when the computer does the work! Thank you for sharing the solution. I'm going to be hanging on to this one!

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