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• • November 20, 2011 at 7:33 am #61110
    nicds

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    Hi

    I've been battling to figure out how to find all words with a particular character style and add em dash instead of the space after.

    I'm setting a glossary and the first word or 2 of a line has a character style and then there needs to be an em dash before the rest of the sentence continues. (currently there is only a space)

    Example:

    adjectival phrase a phrase that describes a noun: the man coming through the door is the head of the school; adjectival phrases do not have a verb

    So there needs to be an em dash after “phrase” and before “a”.

    Thanks, any help is much appreciated.

  • November 20, 2011 at 1:54 pm #61113
    Theunis De Jong

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    Find:

    ^(.+) (with font attribute Bold in Find Format)

    Change to:

    $1~_

    This will add the em dash right after the bold text. You can then change em-dash/space to just an em-dash.

  • November 21, 2011 at 6:10 am #61120
    nicds

    Member

    Thank you so much. That works perfectly.

    Do you mind if I ask what the find part means – just so I can learn and possibly adapt it for other greps in the future?

  • November 21, 2011 at 6:55 am #61121
    Theunis De Jong

    Member

    ^ Beginning of paragraph

    ( Start of group #1

    . any character wildcard

    + one or more of the preceding code, group, or character

    ) End of group #1

    The parentheses define one single numbered group, ready to be recalled in the Replace With expression as “$1”.

    For more complicated expressions you can try my very own WhatTheGrep script.

  • November 21, 2011 at 8:10 am #61122
    nicds

    Member

    Thank you – that explains things perfectly.

    This is such a great help.

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