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• • July 16, 2013 at 8:50 am #34270
    Anonymous

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    How do you put a self generated vector .eps dingbat into a line of copy that will be part of a paragraph style in nested styles?

    HELP!

    thanks.

  • July 16, 2013 at 9:44 am #34272
    Justin Sligh

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    Sue,

    You mention two separate things here. Creating a custom graphic that will be inline within a paragraph and then something about paragraph/nested styles.

    In regard to the graphic, you could place it as an anchored object or create a custom character. David Blatner has a post that described this. https://creativepro.com/making-a-custom-character-in-a-font.php

    Can you described what you meant with regard to the styles?

  • July 16, 2013 at 9:53 am #34273
    Anonymous

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    I tried David’s Fontlab suggestion but I’m not able to purchase software here for this design.

    I will be formatting redundant Excel catalog copy into my INDD document. I have my paragraph styles all finished for this catalog, just lacking the copy, AND how in the world I will put a 2 pica by 14 pt .eps I created just after each sequence number at the front of each copy block.

    Example:

    10 Manitoba Pine w/Pinecones & Barries | 6257-75C
    7.5 Ft., 800 Clear lights, 2,528 tips, 6.5in. wide base.
    UPC: 037916416465
    Price Ea. $14.50

    The open space is where I want my little dingbat to appear when applying my paragraph style to the entire Excel placed copy.

    • July 16, 2013 at 9:54 am #34274
      Anonymous

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      Justin… there was a 2 pica space after 10 in the above copy that somehow got removed. Does that help illustrate my situation?

  • July 16, 2013 at 11:36 am #34277
    Justin Sligh

    Member

    Sue,

    You can use Grep Find/Replace to paste your graphic into your layout.

    Open up Find/Change and select the GREP tab.

    Assuming that the sequence numbers are digits only and that you have one space between the digits and the product name, you could try the following steps.

    Copy the dingbat to your clipboard then use the following find/replace:

    Find:
    ^(\d+)( )

    Replace:
    $1$2~C

    ^ The caret is used to signify “look at the beginning of the paragraph”
    () Items within parentheses are considered subexpressions, which are important for the replacing aspect.
    \d References any digit
    + Indicates one or many of the previous character.
    $1 Indicates sub-expression 1

    So to spell it out. Look at the beginning of a paragraph for one or more consecutive digits, as sub-expression 1, with a space immediately following, which is sub-expression 2. Then replace with the results of sub-expression 1 followed by sub-expression2 followed by the contents of the clipboard (your dingbat).

    You can modify this to suit space before and after the dingbat.

    Let me know if this works. If not, id me more than happy to help with additional questions. If you need to send any examples my email address is my first name AT my last name .us (all lower case).

  • July 16, 2013 at 12:21 pm #34278
    Anonymous

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    Justin,

    Well ? it couldn’t have worked much better, unless you could show me how to keep the changes to only the copyblock selected. It did effect an unselected block as well and inserted the dingbat there as well. But still this saves me some real tedious work.

    Many thanks, my friend!

    Sue

  • July 16, 2013 at 12:24 pm #34279
    Justin Sligh

    Member

    Sue,

    Glad to have helped.

    If you have a block of text selected (highlighted), you could change the search parameter to “Selection”. This only becomes an option in the drop-down dialog when you have text selected.

    -Justin

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