Reply To: Tab setting problems

ID gets confused because you asked it to align everything on the “)”, and then gave it a couple of lines without.

Try this: put a “)” on those lines, so they automatically align; then make this character invisible by setting its text color to [None].

If you have to do this lots of times, it might be a good idea to create a character style with that color setting. If you ever have to correct the file, you can make them visible again by changing the color to something obvious (bright red or something); when done, change it back.

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After you inserted the parenthesis once and applied the style, you probably can copy it and use a GREP search-and-replace to automatically insert it into any cell that ends with a digit, rather than with a parenthesis:

Copy the 'invisible' character; then select the entire table. Enter this in the GREP Find field:

\d$

and this in the Replace field:

$0~c

Hit “Change All” to replace all “digits followed by an end-of-line” with “whatever was found, plus the formatted contents of your clipboard”.