How to Format URLs and Emails Automatically in InDesign
Learn how to find and format URLs and emails automatically in your InDesign documents using the power of GREP.
In this InDesign video, Erica Gamet shows how to find and format emails and URLs in a document. Using a GREP expression in the Find/Change dialog box to find the text, she strikes a balance between finding everything she needs to format, without grabbing text she doesn’t.
This video is an excerpt from Erica’s “Awesome GREP Tips and Tricks” session at CreativePro Week 2022.
This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on November 10, 2022
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