How to Use GREP to Find Repeated Items or Characters in InDesign
Learn how to use GREP in Find/Change to search for a pattern of text with multiples of a type of character, whether as an exact amount, or just a minimum...
In this InDesign how-to video, Erica Gamet shows how to use GREP in Find/Change to search for a pattern of text with multiples of a type of character. In the first example, she looks for a series of numbers, without knowing how many digits might be in a string. Erica then demos finding a minimum number and then a range, all using the power of GREP.
This video is an excerpt from the CreativePro course “Introduction to GREP for InDesign.”
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on June 24, 2024
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