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• • May 13, 2020 at 3:50 am #1250186
    Anonymous

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    Hello,

    I have a book with multiple documents. Each document contains ‘CO2’ and the 2 needs to be in subscript. So I need to find all the ‘CO2’ text and replace them with the 2 in subscript. How can I do this with Find and Replace?

    Thanks.

  • May 13, 2020 at 4:32 am #1250198
    Marc Verhaegen

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    Hey Ann, I see your still buzzy with the book document. I’ll guess you need the grep find and replace. First you have to make a character style for the upperscript or subscript and then search for CO2 defining the two as a variable and replace the variable with itself and the just made characterstyle. Makes sense to you?

  • May 13, 2020 at 5:24 am #1250208
    Anonymous

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    How do I define the ‘2’ as a variable?

  • May 13, 2020 at 6:07 am #1250228
    David Blatner

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    Ann, consider the tips in these articles:
    https://indesignsecrets.com/auto-format-superscript-and-subscript-numbers-using-grep-styles.php
    and
    https://indesignsecrets.com/quick-grep-to-superscript-ordinals.php
    Sometimes you may need to use a tool like MathTools from movemen to create complex equations.

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