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• • September 29, 2010 at 11:36 pm #57182
    hammond

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    Hello there,

    so I have a table which data linked to an excel file. On the last cell of each column I have made a button which links to a URL however this URL should change depending on the value of the first cell (supplier name). I was thinking that I could setup all the different buttons for each supplier and then call them dynamically as the linked data in the excel changes. Can this be done as I describe or in some other way? Can find/replace or GREP styles for example be used to replace text with my button object?

    Many thanks.

  • September 30, 2010 at 12:19 am #57183
    hammond

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    Update on this. Yes find/replace works with my button objects cut into the clipboard which is great however can this be incorporated as a GREP style in my paragraph style? I don't see a way to do it.

  • September 30, 2010 at 1:35 am #57185
    Theunis De Jong

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    That's because GREP styles don't do any replacements. They only can apply character styles to text.

  • September 30, 2010 at 2:01 am #57188
    hammond

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    Yes I feared this and it doesn't seem very flexible to only include character styles by Adobe :/

    Is there a hack around it? A script perhaps?

  • September 30, 2010 at 10:27 am #57192
    Theunis De Jong

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    .. it doesn't seem very flexible to only include character styles by Adobe :/

    But it's so much better than no GREP styles at all! It just should not be treated as a replacement for “Replace text” … ;)

    It sure sounds this can be scripted, but for that the would-be scripter would more information … (As for volunteers, I, for one, am swamped at the mo' …)

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