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• • July 10, 2015 at 1:43 am #76492
    muhakan

    Member

    Hi,

    I have a large text copied from PDF file and it has many breaks like this:

    1. text text text
    text text text text.

    2. text text text
    text text text text.

    I searched in GREP for any End of paragraph \r followed by any Letter [\u] but the problem is that the searched text is selecting the letter.
    How can I search for the break & letter to delete the breaks that are not followed by number but without selecting the letter? Or which is the best way to delete the breaks?

    I searched regarding this issue but didn’t find an answer.

    Best Regards

  • July 13, 2015 at 2:36 am #76529
    Masood Ahmad

    Participant

    Try this using the GREP Find/Change:

    Find what: \r(?=\D)
    Change to:

    Note: the Change to field have a normal space.

  • July 13, 2015 at 7:12 pm #76570
    muhakan

    Member

    Thanks Masood, but it didn’t work.

    The current text is like this:

    1. text text text
    text text text text.

    I want to change it to:

    1. text text text text text text text.

    Regards,

  • July 14, 2015 at 3:34 am #76571
    Masood Ahmad

    Participant

    It should work, in case if it is not working for you. I would suggest to send me your InDesign file or the actual text to verify.

    My email address is: masoodahmad@inbox.com

  • July 14, 2015 at 8:33 am #76575
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Does this help? https://creativepro.com/remove-multiple-returns-and-replace-with-space-between-paragraphs.php

  • July 14, 2015 at 5:22 pm #76581
    muhakan

    Member

    Thanks Masood and David.
    It didn’t work, but it gave me a clue. I did it like this:

    First the Breaks: Search ~b and change it.

    Second: Search \d+ and change it to $0

    It worked in my case.

    Regards,

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