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• GREP code for find/replace

  Hello world

  I have a list of about 500 entries, with each entry formatted as follows:

  First name [tab] [tab] [tab] State level

  I need to do a find/replace using GREP code that will target the tab between the first and last name and replace it with a space. Then I need to target the tab between the name and the State and replace it with a comma and a space. Then finally, I need to focus on the tab between the State and the level and also replace it with a comma and a space.

  I was wondering if someone could tell me what would be the code for this type of operation?

  Appreciate any assistance.

  To find

  ^([^\t])+\t

  Replace

  $1 [space]

  To find

  \t

  Replace

  [space]

• This object contains the text of missplled

  Watch what ABC text object contained "this object contains text missplled.

  How can I remove it?

  Hi, the CBA marker is a good indicator to have, BUT if you want to remove it... go to: Tools > Option > select the wizards and advice in the left pane > Deselect 'WARNING see the place markers.

  That should do it.  Yet once, although a nuisance, this little Critter can be useful since you can't always see the indicator red wavy line which lets you know something is misspelled (i.e. the values in a drop-down list, text written in a model validation message, etc..)

  

  Shaun

• Y at - it a keyboard shortcut for find/replace?

  Hello and thank you in advance,

  Using the functionality of InDesign CS - 5 find/replace, I am always using the search/replace button.

  Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut for this option, replace/find? ***

  Since I use it so often, it would be good that it could be one of the 'F' keys: F1, F2 or something else.

  I looked in 'Edit-> keyboard shortcuts'... but I couldn't find the option replace/find here.  Have I missed?

  Thanks again,

  Zorba

  It's here: System, section keyboard preferences. Check the box to enable access direct function key, or uncheck it and hold down the "Fn" key then press F4.

  

  (Note how it is easy to use the forum software to insert images with.) No need to link to the image riddled advertising cabins!)

• Locked text frame (find/replace)

  Hi all

  Is it possible to find locked text block and change with the unlocked text block? If so, how?

  Kind regards.

  No problem.

  (1) Notepad is fine.

  (2) jsx

  (3) C:\Users\ (your name) \AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version 6.0\en_GB\Scripts\Scripts Panel

  Notes

  1 notepad is fine because it is a plain text editor, and Javascripts must be saved in plain text format. So, do not use Word infamous, OS x by default text editor "TextEdit" default to save new documents to Rich Text format, and this is not going to work.

  Your standard InDesign installation also comes with a Javascript Editor, called the Adobe Extendscript Toolkit.

  2. it is the extension of standard file for an Extendscript (Adobe's Javascript special flavor). The 'old' extension 'js' works also, but because this is also used for other types of Javascript, such as used in your browser, it is perhaps safest to use 'jsx '.

  3. it is on a Windows 7 machine and with InDesign CS4, which internally is called "Version 6.0". If I sat behind my Mac, I could tell you the path of the default script for OS X, but it is as complicated as this one!

  Another way to quickly navigate to the Scripts Panel folder is: launch InDesign, make sure that the Scripts panel is open, do a right click any script in there and select 'Reveal in Explorer. If you do this on the small "subfolder" named 'User', you will see a folder explore that contains only one: "Panel of Scripts. Scripts placed in it will appear immediately in the Scripts in ID Panel, no reboot not required.

• Need help with this find/replace Script.

  Hi I got this script from Loic.Aigon.  And I got it works for find/replace simple changes however I Cannon operate for several changes.

   function cb5CallBack(target) {
          var findProps, changeProps;
          
              findProps = {findWhat:"Distributed by ",}   
                changeProps = { changeTo:"Distributed by. ",}
              findProps = {findWhat:"Distribué par ",}   
                changeProps = { changeTo:"Distribué par. ",}
              findProps = {findWhat:"Distribuido por ",}    
                changeProps = { changeTo:"Distribuido por. ",},
            
          RTXT(target, findProps, changeProps);   
          } 
  

  function RTXT(target, findProps, changeProps)
  {
  app.findChangeTextOptions.caseSensitive = true;
  app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
  app.findTextPreferences.properties = findProps;
  app.changeTextPreferences.properties = changeProps;
  app.changeTextPreferences.properties = changeProps;
  target.changeText();
  }
  

  You must call the function RTXT repeatedly as well:

      var findProps, changeProps;

      findProps   = { findWhat:"Distributed by "};

      changeProps = { changeTo:"Distributed by. "};

      RTXT(target, findProps, changeProps);

      findProps   = { findWhat:"Distribué par "};

      changeProps = { changeTo:"Distribué par. "};

      RTXT(target, findProps, changeProps);

      findProps   = { findWhat:"Distribuido por "};

      changeProps = { changeTo:"Distribuido por. "};

      RTXT(target, findProps, changeProps);

• Find/replace for text formatting

  Hi guys,.

  How to use find/replace for text formatting changes? I would like to change a text of entire book to try an another typographical options. The book is currently typed in text of Lyon. The problem is when I change to Sabon will make it overides the italics and the word "BOLD".

  I tried to find/display

  Search

  Lyon text regular italic

  Change

  Sabon italic

  

  but it does not work. Most of the text of this book is not formatted with the character to italic Style, for example, just a paragraph Style General to make it easier to work with.

  What I am doing wrong? Any help or ideas?

  
  Thank you!

  All of the text has a paragraph style that applies the formatting of basis for the whole paragraph. ALL text that deviates from the General formatting of the paragraph should have a style of character applied somehow, either directly, or as a nested or style GREP, which overrides the formatting of paragraph and gives what you want. The paragraph styles that do not change the font family are much more useful, for example a style that just changing the text in italics, as they continue to work when you change the font family of the paragraph style in the basic text format section.

  Character styles are used ONLY to change the part of the text in a paragraph. If the paragraph has the same formatting, it should have a paragraph set for this format style.

• Find + replace text (string constant) does not work for screw Statechart module

  Hello

  I tried to do a mass find + replace a string in my code. Using Ctrl + F, LabVIEW 2012 correctly locates all the places where this string exists, including within the States transitions guards who have paths in this form:

  XYZ.lvsciagram.vi / Transition: Guard - diagram, Transition, data/part

  However, when I've specified that a replacement string, then click on 'Replace all', only 'normal' instances of screws replaced - instances in my diagrams had not changed.

  What is going on? Is there anything else I need to do?

  Thanks in advance.

  Looks like those that does not include how to find and replace is implemented in LabVIEW. You can try to replace just the statechart and see if that makes a difference, but it may simply not work.

• Moving a text box automatically using find/replace?

  I have a text box containing the given text (for example "Hello-hello12"), through several separate documents. I want to move this text box make a different location on the page of all these documents. Is it possible to do in bulk? I looked in the search/replace option, but could not find a way to do over there. I use CS6 if it matters.

  Thank you!

  It does however find/replace, but maybe the script though. Ask above in InDesign Scripting

• Find/replace width size object

  Hi guys,.

  So here's the problem:

  I have a long catalog of over 900 pages and I slightly modified a textframe to options and other styles of object, but bottomline, it is that now I have to change the width of executives of texts related to 62 mm (now 61 mm). «I tried the options of ' object ' find/replace, but I can't find the right way to do it.» It is even possible to do with the object search/replace? I have to change manually linked texts more than 6,000 executives if it doesn't work :/

  I have to do it with Grep script and how is this possible if I have to do with it?

  

  Thanks in advance if you answer to this problem!

  HA!

  I found the solution (ish), basically, it is possible to change the dimensions of the object with the object of "find/replace". Bart Van de Wiele thanks for the trick of "fixed-width columns.

  1. ." Find the Format of the object"-> what type of object style" "you are looking for and then put 'Text block Options'-> width (exp. 55 mm)
  2. "Changing the Format of the object"-> go to "Text frame General Options"-> "columns: fixed width '-> width (exp. 56 mm, I have 3 mm inset spacing left & right 56 + 6 is 62 mm).
  3. Change desired linked text frames, BUT you have this kind of problem where you can't change the sizes of width of executives related because they are "fixed size".
  4. Click on one of the frames of linked text changed and go to 'Options of Style' where you get that "+" - sign. Click on the options 'clear the replacements '.
  5. Now you have changed all you want linked text frames, and you can change the width too.

  

• Find/replace preference - include locked, locked layer the objects (Find only)

  Hi all

  I was wondering if anyone can help, I'm trying to make sure that the option "Include Locked layers and objects locked (research only)" on the box search/replace is active when the script below is executed because when it is disabled the text find/replace does not check locked layers and objects.

  In InDesign this icon located in the Find/Replace dialog box, a little less the "search:" drop down menu, icon of the left hand.

  Replace the text "Page Type"

  app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

  app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "Page Type";

  {found = app.activeDocument.findText () [i] = "STET".silence ;}

  Any help would be great thanks, Brendan

  app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

  app.findChangeTextOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = true;

  app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "Page Type";

  {found = app.activeDocument.findText () [i] = "STET".silence ;}

• conditional text find/replace problem

  Hello!

  For a few hours, I'm trying to solve this case: I want to apply conditions (conditional text) to all paragraphs according to the name of the applied style. So, for example, text with paragraph called "BODY" style should have "BODY" of the conditional text etc. I figured out mechanism, but I can't solve the problem with passing to find/replace.

  Here is my code:

  (function() {
      if (app.documents.length > 0) {
          processDocument(app.documents[0]);
      }
      function processDocument(aDoc) {
          var paraStyles = aDoc.allParagraphStyles.sort();
          for (var j = 0; paraStyles.length > j; j++) {
              var currentStyle = paraStyles[j].name;
              if(aDoc.conditions.item (currentStyle) == null){
                  var varConditions = aDoc.conditions.add({name: currentStyle});
              }
              doFindChange(currentStyle);
          }
      }
  }())
  function doFindChange(currentStyle) {
      app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
      
      app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = currentStyle;
      app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedConditions = currentStyle;
      
      app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
  }
  

  I know what's wrong, but I have no idea how to change.

  Could someone help me?

  Thanks in advance!

  You have some problems in the code:

  1 move the actual paragraph style (and not just its name) to findGrepPreferences (your variable, currentStyle is a string, although this can work, it is better [especially for paragraph in the groups styles] to adopt the paragraph style real itself).

  2. Ditto for the appliedCondition: give changeGrepPreferences the condition itself, not just its name.

  3. it seems that changeGrepPreferences.appliedConditions expects a range of disorders, then give him a table even if it has only one member.

  Ariel

• Is there a way to select all text objects containing the specified character?

  Is there a way to select all text objects containing the specified character?

  For example,.

  My work consists of points and numbers.

  Points are separated into blocks of text, so are numbers.

  I want to select all points, so I group.

  Or numbers and group together them.

  

  Yes,

  -loop through all the elements of text

  -get each content

  -compare to '. '.

  -If the matching, save a reference to that block of text

  -When does with all frames

  -loop through all stored references and move to a group

• Find/replace, highlight found text script

  Hello

  I wrote this script and it works fine. But what I want to do is to go through each word found individually (as in the Find/Replace dialog box with the button "find next").

  This is an excerpt:

  app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
  var what = app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "ensure";

  app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = "make" sure;
  var found = app.activeDocument.changeText ();
  If {(found.length = 1)
  Alert (found.length + "instance of"ensuring"changed");
  } else {}
  Alert (found.length + "instances of"ensuring"changed");
  }

  I want the script to each instance of "ensure" my active selection that I can see where they are before I change.

  Thank you

  Hi guys,.

  try this one:

  app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
  app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "ensure";
  app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = "make sure";
  
  var allFounds = app.activeDocument.findText();
  for (var i = 0; i < allFounds.length; i++) {
    var curFound = allFounds[i];
    curFound.select();
    app.layoutWindows[0].zoomPercentage = app.layoutWindows[0].zoomPercentage;
     if(confirm("Do you wish to change this instance?",undefined, "Find/Replace")) {
       curFound.changeText();
    }
  }
  
  app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
  

  Disadvantage of the confirm dialog box: there is no exit button.

• I'm looking for links Hypertext in find/replace the dialogue (without applying a character style).

  I have 7000 hyperlinks in my document, with different character styles ("italic", "bold" and "italic +"BOLD""). I need to apply the blue color to each of them. If I ask a new character style "hyperlink" to all, I'll lose my formatting.

  Is there a way to find hyperlinks (for themselves, not their format) dialog find/replace in order to create and apply 4 different character styles ('hyperlink_regular', 'hyperlink_bold', 'hyperlink_italic' and ' hyperlink_bold + italic")?

  Sorry for my English, thanks for the help!

  Use Javascript!

  You can use this Javascript, for example. (Instructions on how to use a JavaScript in InDesign can be found elsewhere).

  blue = app.activeDocument.swatches.item("Blue");
  for (a=0; a
  Take care to provide the correct color swatch name in the first line.