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    • #55439
      labqi
      Member

      I'm working with lot of excel files, with some numbers in brackets “( )” which I place into indesign. I have created paragraph styles with couple of 'decimel tabs' both aligned on “)”. The numbers on the second tab just refuses to align on “)” where as the numbers on the first tab aligns well where I wanted. Since I'm running out of time, I desparately need help from good souls. Pleeeaase help!!!!

    • #55440
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Have you made sure to select all the text you want to apply the tab setting to?

    • #55441
      labqi
      Member

      I have already created a paragraph style which I was trying to apply to the new tabbed text….. in the second tab, the last number in different rows with no “)” is not getting aligned with number before “)”…. Hope I'm clear :)

    • #55445

      ID gets confused because you asked it to align everything on the “)”, and then gave it a couple of lines without.

      Try this: put a “)” on those lines, so they automatically align; then make this character invisible by setting its text color to [None].

      If you have to do this lots of times, it might be a good idea to create a character style with that color setting. If you ever have to correct the file, you can make them visible again by changing the color to something obvious (bright red or something); when done, change it back.

      After you inserted the parenthesis once and applied the style, you probably can copy it and use a GREP search-and-replace to automatically insert it into any cell that ends with a digit, rather than with a parenthesis:

      Copy the 'invisible' character; then select the entire table. Enter this in the GREP Find field:

      d$

      and this in the Replace field:

      $0~c

      Hit “Change All” to replace all “digits followed by an end-of-line” with “whatever was found, plus the formatted contents of your clipboard”.

    • #55449
      labqi
      Member

      Thanks a lot for giving me some direction. By the way when I copy and paste from Excel, I'm finding lot of empty character spaces between tabs which I have to painfully remove to make the tab setting to work. Any quick way of removing them all in one go? I have loads of excel files to work with – which get updated too.

    • #55450
      labqi
      Member

      By the way, regarding my above query, empty character space create problem only when I have Align to decimal Tab. When I convert decimel tab into any justified tabs, empty character space poses no problem.

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