Copy GREP styles from one Paragraph Style to another

John Ryan

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- November 28, 2011 at 11:08 pm #61177
  
  John Ryan
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  Greetings from Melbourne Australia O enlightened ones!!
  
  Since I caught up with you guys in Washington, I've been cranking out GREP like it was candyfloss.
  
  However, I'm stuck with a bit of a problem.
  
  1: When I define a GREP style as part of a Paragraph style it works fine
  
  2: When I define another Paragraph style based on the first style, the GREP portion doesn't seem to be inherited as I would have expected.
  
  So I guess that I'd like to know how I can copy all the GREP styles from one Paragraph Style to another. And I have plenty of 'em!
  
  If I could find out where the style is stored (I don't mind cracking into some JS or XML files if necessary) I could just copy 'em accross.
  
  Perhaps there's a script available for this??
  
  Please help URGENTLY !!!
  
  In anticipation I wait.
  
  November 28, 2011 at 11:26 pm #61179
  
  John Ryan
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  OK I found something that looks like it might work:
  
  https://www.kahrel.plus.com/ind…..ditor.html
  
  However I noticed that when I tried to copy styles, it wouldn't address styles that were part of a group (folder)
  
  Anyone else get an answer, please publish.
  
  Cheers
  
  JR
- November 29, 2011 at 2:56 am #61181
  
  Theunis De Jong
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  1: When I define a GREP style as part of a Paragraph style it works fine
  
  2: When I define another Paragraph style based on the first style, the GREP portion doesn't seem to be inherited as I would have expected.
  
  That's a bit of a quizzler mate. The only way I can get to loose the “Based on” GREP style is by putting any GREP style in the new style before changing the Based On name. I have no trouble at all with my own flock of styles, all based upon a single great-grand-parent style, and I can add, remove, and edit GREP styles all along the way and see the changes propagate downwards.
  
  It's possible to script it but it would need a cumbersome dialog (copy from what to what paragraph style) — I guess if the normal lines of inheritance don't work properly, it's easier to just copy and paste the expression.
- October 7, 2016 at 8:52 am #88926
  
  P R
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  i have the same problem, my child paragraph styles doesn’t inherit the GREP styles defined in the parent paragraph style, any help is greatly appreciated.
- October 7, 2016 at 12:31 pm #88927
  
  Peter Kahrel
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  What exactly do you mean by ‘parent paragraph style’? The based-on style or the parentstyle group?
  - October 26, 2016 at 11:18 am #89330
    
    P R
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    The based-on style
- October 28, 2016 at 12:23 am #89384
  
  Tom Tom
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  The based-on style
  
  https://printablecalendarholidays.com/
- October 30, 2016 at 5:24 pm #89434
  
  Wosven S
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  Hello,
  
  I did a script to copy/paste GREP/nested and lines styles from document to document.
  It store style in a text file.
  
  There’s a first panel for copying and saving styles.
  A second for styles selection and paste them.
  
  And you can store styles, and use the text file as a quick memo for copying/pasting usual GREP.
  
  The script :
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Swosven/indesignScripts/master/en_copy_Styles_GREP-Nested-Lines.jsx
  The text file :
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Swosven/indesignScripts/master/en_copy_listStyles.txt
  
  Wos
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