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• • March 21, 2013 at 2:09 pm #64461
    Anagoge

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    I want a GREP style to find and replace all instances in a directory so that it goes from this:

    Address:123, Somewhere, Etc

    Phone: 123-456-789

    Website: https://www.somewhere.com

    To this:

    Address:123, Somewhere, Etc

    Phone: 123-456-789

    Website: https://www.somewhere.com

    I already have a Character Style set up (“Bold”). Any help would be very much appreciated please.

  • March 21, 2013 at 3:53 pm #64462
    Theunis De Jong

    Member

    Easy. Use this:

    ^.+?:

    It comes down to this:

    ^ from the start of a paragraph ..

    . match any character ..

    + .. as much as possible ..

    ? .. and then the shortest match ..

    : .. up to a colon.

    The '?' is necessary here because without it, the '+' would match as much as possible, all the way up to the very last colon in a single paragraph.

  • September 15, 2016 at 3:40 am #88364
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    This is fantastic help. Add’l question though, what if I want everything before the colon, but NOT the colon to be bold

  • September 15, 2016 at 6:55 am #88368
    Kai Rübsamen

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    Everything from start included the colon:

    ^[^:]+:

    Everything from start excluded the colon:

    ^[^:]+

    The GREP find the beginning of a paragraph, followed by anything, that is not a colon, one or multiple times, followed by a colon (first case) or not (second case)

    Kai

  • September 21, 2016 at 12:58 pm #88561
    Nancy Tejo

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    How do I make a list of items bold before the word “In” for example
    Joe and Judy Smith In Honor of the birth of a baby I want the words Joe and Judy bold. Everything before the word In. I have a large list of items, hundred just like this.

    Some need to be bold before the word Speedy:
    Carol and John Glenn Speedy recovery to Ann smith

    Thanks for your help.

  • September 21, 2016 at 1:17 pm #88562
    Kai Rübsamen

    Member

    Nancy, it is easy to ask something, and type the answer in the find/change field. But your goal should be to understand what you did.

    In your first case, you search for the beginning of a paragraph, followed by something, till you reach the position on the first In.
    So maybe: ^.+?(?=In) will work.

    But this will help you only with your first task.

    If you have a large list of items, this is maybe possible or maybe not. This depends on your text.

    However: In the last years, it seems normal, that someone ask for a script, and someone write it for you. Today it is clear, that there are to many free scrips available … so you will not get a complete solution (from me)

    Kai

  • January 27, 2020 at 10:20 am #14323195
    Ben Harris

    Member

    This is the better solution since you can use a soft return within the style and it still works.

  • January 27, 2020 at 10:28 am #14323194
    Nathan Rule

    Participant

    Why not just use a Nested Style? You can choose a character style you’ve created and tell it to apply up to the 1st “in”

  • October 20, 2020 at 6:00 am #14330843
    Flavio Mini

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    super advice.
    I am trying to make the following using Grep
    I have created a Figure number style using bullets and numbering
    now i would like to make the beginning of the the caption upto the first period Bold
    I have created a character style “Bold”
    I also formatted a Left Indent of 1″
    and a First Line Indent of -1″

    how can i make by using Grep just Figure 1-1. Bold?

    Thank you for your help

  • October 26, 2020 at 5:33 am #14331689
    Michel Allio for FRIdNGE

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    @ David Blatner: Done? …

    (^/) The Jedi

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