Reply To: GREP to Standardize "e.g.," and "i.e.,"

Matt Isaac

Home Page / Forums / General InDesign Topics (CLOSED) / GREP to Standardize "e.g.," and "i.e.," / Reply To: GREP to Standardize "e.g.," and "i.e.,"

April 25, 2016 at 1:31 pm #84281
Matt Isaac
Participant

In GREP a vertical bar (shift+\) | is used to represent OR.
so if you wanted exactly “eg. OR eg., OR eg OR e.g.” you could use [eg.|eg.,|eg|e.g.] and replace with e.g.,
though the expression e\.?g\.?\,? replace with e.g., would also work.

This article was last modified on April 25, 2016

This article was first published on

Comments (0)

Loading comments...
ad

Recommended for you

Article

Kooler Kolor with Kuler

What colors look good together? Designers have a good answer to this. ("Black go...

Article

Why “No Break” is better than a line break

Here's a clear example of why using "No Break" to keep an email address from wra...

CreativePro
Article

Designer Tattoos: Part 1

Designers, by definition, are all about creativity, visual communication, and se...