Posts Tagged with ‘GREP’

Auto Style the Last (or First) Paragraph of an InDesign Story

September 25 2011 • 9:17 PM

Want the last paragraph of a story to appear different? This trick can do it in a jiffy!

Favorite GREP Expressions You Can Use

July 5 2011 • 6:00 AM

You don’t always have to figure out all the GREP codes yourself! Here’s a bunch of examples to help you out.

A Little GREP Gripe

September 16 2010 • 6:50 PM

The ability to use GREP in a Find/Change is pretty sweet, but there’s at least one limitation that could leave a bad taste in your mouth.

Massaging Text with InDesign (Getting the Text You Want from the Text You Have)

January 28 2010 • 3:14 AM

When faced with a complicated text processing task, why look any farther than InDesign to manage it?

Geeking out on GREP Styles

November 5 2009 • 10:41 PM

You don’t have to be a geek to love the power of GREP styles.

Search for Foreign Language Characters in Text

October 26 2009 • 5:04 AM

InDesign offers very fine grained control over find/change, including which sorts of characters you want it to find.

Add a Digit with GREP Groups

September 18 2009 • 8:30 AM

A simple introduction to grouping GREP expressions shows how easy it is to manipulate found text in all sorts of time-saving ways.

Automatically Applying Character Styles to Prices

September 11 2009 • 1:26 PM

Here are few suggestions to help you format lots of prices in your next layout.

Swap Names Around with GREP and Find/Change

June 5 2009 • 1:21 AM

Joe needs to convert all his captions in the form LastName_FirstName.jpg into “FirstName LastName.” It’s way easier than you’d think.

InDesignSecrets May 2009 eSeminars Announced

May 11 2009 • 10:54 AM

Don’t miss these two great webinars: InDesign Troubleshooting and Repair and Introduction to GREP in InDesign! Watch them live or (if you can’t make it) recorded.