GREP Expression – formatting names at the beginning of a paragraph
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I am working on a document that has a list of speaker names along with a short biography. Each bio starts with the speakers name and I have been trying to create a GREP expression that will apply a character style to these names. Some names have a middle initial and others do not. Below is the expression I have created but it selects every two words in the bio (paragraph). When I enter the “Beginning of Paragraph” character at the beginning of my expression it selects absolutely nothing.
\b[\l\u]+\b ([\l\u]\.)* ?\b[\l\u]+\b
I would like to think I am very close to solving this, but I have grown frustrated. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!
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Yeah, it can be tricky. But for any formatting that begins at the start of a paragraph, I recommend using Nested Styles. Much easier!
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It’s true that nested styles are easier to implement but I am a bit of a GREP wonk so that’s the way I usually go with these things.
Try this expression on for size:
^u\w+\s(\u\s)?\u\w+
If it works as expected then I’ll drop back in later and explain the expression for you (I have to get my son on the bus now :))
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