InDesign How-to: Anchor an Icon Automatically
Learn how to anchor an icon to a specific word any time it appears in a specific paragraph style.
In this InDesign how-to video, Chad Chelius shows how to anchor an icon to a specific word any time it appears in a specific paragraph style. The “Three Minutes Max” tip uses and object style and a simple GREP expression in Find/Change to automate what would otherwise be a time-consuming task.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on June 12, 2021
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