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• • April 6, 2023 at 11:31 am #14389342
    Marc Dunker

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    I’m looking for a GREP string in a Paragraph Style that will make the copy bold at the beginning of a paragraph (^.+?\:) to the first colon if present.

    The style works fine for most paragraphs except for ones that include a URL that includes “https:” in the copy.

    What string can I do to make this happen? I’ve tried embedding a negative lookahead in a positive lookbehind ^(?<=.+(?!https)): (not sure if that can work), lookarounds, etc. I don’t want these paragraphs to have bold at all. There’s a separate style working that changes the copy color and adds an underline to the URL.

  • April 6, 2023 at 12:01 pm #14389344
    Marc Dunker

    Member

    I think ^.+?(?<!https)\: solves my problem. Sometimes it seems the simpler strings are what works!

  • April 6, 2023 at 12:11 pm #14389356
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Interesting problem… normally, I would recommend using a Nested Style instead of a grep style for a run-in head like this. But the fact that sometimes there are URLs definitely makes it harder.

    But for anyone reading this who is curious, here’s the nested style approach:

    InDesign How-to Video: How to Automate Run-in Header Styles

    • April 18, 2023 at 12:11 pm #14389811
      Marc Dunker

      Member

      I normally gravitate toward GREP instead of a nested style perhaps due to design style/projects I’ve worked on. Often it’s a body text that may or may not need the run-in head.

      With a nested style, every paragraph needs the colon format or the entire paragraph will be whatever character style the nested style defines. As you know, I’m able to apply a style with GREP to find specific text patterns.

  • April 18, 2023 at 12:34 pm #14389812
    Peter Kahrel

    Participant

    This one seems to work: ^.+(?<!https):

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