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• • April 22, 2012 at 9:05 pm #62037
    ErikaAUG

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    Here is the problem I try to solve but just don’t know how:

    My task is:
    In a text, there are many words which are surrounded by low hyphens, like these samples copied directly from the text:

    The _poetry_ and
    why the _Chronicle_ takes such
    consummated _broken_ almost
    You can call _Jimmy_

    I need to change the font of words inside low hyphens from plain to italic and remove low hyphens.
    So, the word _poetry_ will become poetry.

    Can it be done with InDesign???

    Extra info:
    I’ve tried ‘search and replace’ but it just didn’t work – I have to work individually on each one of hundreds words locked between low hyphens.
    Seems to me GREP is a good option, did look in InDesign Secrets site, but I am InDesign novice and just don’t have the knowledge to set GREP properly no matter how hard I am trying…

    Could experienced pros tell me how to set and use ‘search and replace’ (or GREP) correctly for this task, please?

    Thanks in advance to all willing to help!

  • April 22, 2012 at 11:37 pm #62038
    RoManuV

    Member

    Hi Erika,

    Here is your GREP:

    Find what: (_)(w+)(_)

    Change to: $2

    Change format: +italic (click on the looking glass button, go to Basic styles and select “italic” from the “Font style” drop-down).

    To apply it, click “Change All”, after selecting your scope in the “Search” drop-down.

    Inspiration from: https://help.adobe.com/en_US/in…..DC9Fa.html (Example 1: Finding text within quotation marks)

    Good luck.

  • April 25, 2012 at 9:34 pm #62067
    ErikaAUG

    Member

    BIG BIG BIG THANKS RoManuV !!!!!!
    

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