Reply To: Use GREP to find first line indented paragraphs with a different value

You cannot use “not a certain measurement” in GREP (or, for that matter, in regular Find Text). But if some paragraphs are correct, and others may not be, why not simply change ALL of them to the correct measurement?

You can also create a filter by changing some other (unused!) property of ‘good’ paragraphs. For instance, if you are not using Space Before anywhere (it’s all 0), do the following:

1. Search for paragraphs with the correct indentation, and add a Space Before of “1mm”.
2. Now search for paragraphs with a Space Before of “0mm”. These are the wrong ones. Change whatever you want.
3. When done, change ALL paragraphs back to “0mm” Space Before.

Note that I hardly ever have to do this, because whatever the source of a Word document is, the very first thing I do is applying a style to *everything*. Not only will it ensure ALL indents are equal, but changing them later on is just a click of a button away.