Comments on: 5 Cool Things You Can Do with GREP Styles http://indesignsecrets.com/5-cool-things-you-can-do-with-grep-styles.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:34:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Aaron http://indesignsecrets.com/5-cool-things-you-can-do-with-grep-styles.php/comment-page-2#comment-492657 Aaron Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:20:19 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=2306#comment-492657 I thought that might be the case, but was hoping for an automatic solution. Fortunately, if i need to manually do it there are only a handful of chapters in the 300 page technical book that need it. Thanks for the quick response Jongware! BTW, fantastic info here for the chemical GREP styles. Will save me loads of time. I thought that might be the case, but was hoping for an automatic solution. Fortunately, if i need to manually do it there are only a handful of chapters in the 300 page technical book that need it. Thanks for the quick response Jongware! BTW, fantastic info here for the chemical GREP styles. Will save me loads of time.

]]> By: Jongware http://indesignsecrets.com/5-cool-things-you-can-do-with-grep-styles.php/comment-page-2#comment-492654 Jongware Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:11:09 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=2306#comment-492654 Aaron: the issue at hand is that automatically picked up text such as your running header cannot be selectively formatted. Compare it to attempting to format the first digit of a two-digit automatic page number. There is this plugin called "Power Headers", which I think <em>does</em> allow selective formatting; I usually just forget the automatic way and do it ye olde style: manually. Aaron: the issue at hand is that automatically picked up text such as your running header cannot be selectively formatted. Compare it to attempting to format the first digit of a two-digit automatic page number.

There is this plugin called “Power Headers”, which I think does allow selective formatting; I usually just forget the automatic way and do it ye olde style: manually.

]]> By: Aaron http://indesignsecrets.com/5-cool-things-you-can-do-with-grep-styles.php/comment-page-2#comment-492653 Aaron Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:48:50 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=2306#comment-492653 I've run into an issue with a project where I need to all caps the running headers. With some titles containing registered trademarks. When pulling data from the paragraph title style (with superscript registered trademarks forced via GREP), the running header style overrides the superscript and makes the registered trademark large again. I tested to see if turning off the paragraph all caps style would allow the superscript GREP style to work, but it didn't superscript either. However, if i set the paragraph style to superscript all without all caps on, the entire text superscripted. Is there a known issue with superscripting individual characters in running headers, or does anyone know of a solution? I'm completely scratching my head on this one. Thanks! I’ve run into an issue with a project where I need to all caps the running headers. With some titles containing registered trademarks.

When pulling data from the paragraph title style (with superscript registered trademarks forced via GREP), the running header style overrides the superscript and makes the registered trademark large again.

I tested to see if turning off the paragraph all caps style would allow the superscript GREP style to work, but it didn’t superscript either. However, if i set the paragraph style to superscript all without all caps on, the entire text superscripted.

Is there a known issue with superscripting individual characters in running headers, or does anyone know of a solution? I’m completely scratching my head on this one. Thanks!

]]> By: collywolly http://indesignsecrets.com/5-cool-things-you-can-do-with-grep-styles.php/comment-page-2#comment-492387 collywolly Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:23:41 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=2306#comment-492387 have a great one for anyone who has to change Mclaren to McLaren and the like: (?<=\Mc)[\l\u] to find the lowercase letter which should be uppercase; then in the style, make sure that the character style is All Caps. doesn't sound like much, but when faced with a database of thousands using data merge, applying the style to the surname entry corrects the entries on the fly rather than fixing them in the d'base itself. have a great one for anyone who has to change Mclaren to McLaren and the like:

(?<=\Mc)[\l\u]

to find the lowercase letter which should be uppercase; then

in the style, make sure that the character style is All Caps.

doesn't sound like much, but when faced with a database of thousands using data merge, applying the style to the surname entry corrects the entries on the fly rather than fixing them in the d'base itself.

]]> By: Jerome http://indesignsecrets.com/5-cool-things-you-can-do-with-grep-styles.php/comment-page-2#comment-491653 Jerome Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:27:12 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=2306#comment-491653 Forget it guys... found it! Thanks anyways. Forget it guys…
found it!
Thanks anyways.

]]> By: Jerome http://indesignsecrets.com/5-cool-things-you-can-do-with-grep-styles.php/comment-page-2#comment-491652 Jerome Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:13:17 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=2306#comment-491652 Hi! I'm new to GREP concept and I have this small repetitive task I have to perform and I'm sure the GREPs are my solution. Here's what I have to do... I need to change this formating: (enter) word (enter) word ...to this kind of format: (space)word(space)word Thank you for helping me! Hi!

I’m new to GREP concept and I have this small repetitive task I have to perform and I’m sure the GREPs are my solution. Here’s what I have to do…

I need to change this formating:
(enter)
word
(enter)
word

…to this kind of format:
(space)word(space)word

Thank you for helping me!

]]> By: Aimee http://indesignsecrets.com/5-cool-things-you-can-do-with-grep-styles.php/comment-page-2#comment-490209 Aimee Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:30:59 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=2306#comment-490209 First off, let me say that GREP is COMPLETELY foreign to me and I really just don't understand it. So figuring out if GREP can be used for what I am needing is really confusing. I have three different block quote Paragraph Styles that I use. We almost always put a space before and after the block quote but not between the paragraphs within the block quote. I have the block quote styles set to automatically add a space before and after so that I do not have to manually do this. Because the before and after space is added with a hard return and when there are multiple paragraphs within a block quote, I do have to manually remove the space. This is very time consuming. I would love to be able to have this space not appear WITHIN my block quote styles and instead only before and after them. Can I use GREP to solve this? Thanks in advance for any help! (We are a non-profit organization that publishes books. None of us have any "formal" InDesign training, although we have been using it for years and I just know there are ways to work smarter that we still haven't figured out!) First off, let me say that GREP is COMPLETELY foreign to me and I really just don’t understand it. So figuring out if GREP can be used for what I am needing is really confusing.

I have three different block quote Paragraph Styles that I use. We almost always put a space before and after the block quote but not between the paragraphs within the block quote. I have the block quote styles set to automatically add a space before and after so that I do not have to manually do this. Because the before and after space is added with a hard return and when there are multiple paragraphs within a block quote, I do have to manually remove the space. This is very time consuming. I would love to be able to have this space not appear WITHIN my block quote styles and instead only before and after them.

Can I use GREP to solve this?

Thanks in advance for any help! (We are a non-profit organization that publishes books. None of us have any “formal” InDesign training, although we have been using it for years and I just know there are ways to work smarter that we still haven’t figured out!)

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/5-cool-things-you-can-do-with-grep-styles.php/comment-page-2#comment-488522 David Blatner Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:00:25 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=2306#comment-488522 LOL, Theun! Well, we are all guilty of being blind sometimes. ;) No problem. LOL, Theun! Well, we are all guilty of being blind sometimes. ;) No problem.

]]> By: Jongware http://indesignsecrets.com/5-cool-things-you-can-do-with-grep-styles.php/comment-page-2#comment-488514 Jongware Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:49:22 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=2306#comment-488514 Uh, David, same goes for me then ... :'( I googled this because I knew the exact same question came up before. Uh, David, same goes for me then … :’(

I googled this because I knew the exact same question came up before.

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/5-cool-things-you-can-do-with-grep-styles.php/comment-page-2#comment-488512 David Blatner Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:12:38 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/?p=2306#comment-488512 Thanks, Jongware. Isn't that amazing that people so often write a comment without looking at the comments that have gone before them? Jean-Marc, I don't mean to pick on you, but just look at the two comments before yours! :) Thanks, Jongware. Isn’t that amazing that people so often write a comment without looking at the comments that have gone before them? Jean-Marc, I don’t mean to pick on you, but just look at the two comments before yours! :)

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