In this Three Minutes Max video, Erica Gamet shows how to standardize the spelling of a word in an InDesign document. Using GREP’s “or not” expression, she searches using Find/Change on a pattern of text that will fit all the spellings and changes to the preferred spelling. Although Erica is setting the preferred spelling for Hannuk– Chanuk– Hanukk– uh, the Festival of Lights, this would work year-round for everything from standardizing British/English spelling in the same document to formatting phone numbers.
Three Minutes Max comes from a fun—yet very competitive—session at our annual CreativePro Week conference. Speakers have three minutes to wow the audience with the tip and win a prize for a lucky conference attendee.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on January 26, 2024
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