GREP can also be used with Paragraph Styles to apply custom formatting to specific text string patterns automatically.GREP is available in the InDesign Find/Change dialog for automatic text replacement.
Adobe grep tutorial code#
For our GREP Expression to recognise the “(” as a literal character it must be preceded by a “\” character. The Parenthesis form part of this group of characters. Certain symbols are reserved by GREP for particular expression components.
Our Open Parenthesis Character is part of the Symbols group.Īs you select this component, you might notice that the text entered in the To Text field is now set to \(. InDesign will automatically insert the correct expression data. The Special Characters For Search pop-up is a great help in constructing the expression. However, I personally prefer constructing the expression bit-by-bit. If you are already a GREP wiz you might be able to enter the required GREP expression in the To Text field. all allowed), finished off with a Closing Parenthesis character. It’s time to get GREPPING… so what was that pattern again we were looking for? An Open Parenthesis character, followed by any type of text (alpha-numerical, spaces etc. Have a look at the bottom of the Apply Style pop-up and notice the “New Character Style”. Oops did you forget to create the Character Style? Don’t worry, from InDesign CS4, you have the ability to create your Character Style right here in the Paragraph Style Options dialog. The Character Style we want to apply is “Medium Italic”. From the Apply Style drop down choose the Character Style created earlier. Click GREP Styles.įirst of all lets set the Character Style that we’re going to apply to the GREP Expression we’re inserting in just a moment. The Paragraph Style Options dialog appears. Right-click the Paragraph Style and select Edit “Body Text” to edit the style. It is now time to add the GREP Style to our Paragraph Style. Let’s remove this format override, by clicing the Clear Overrides icon at the bottom of the Paragraph Styles panel.
I’m purposely not clicking “Apply Style to Selection’, as the text I formatted with Medium Italic is only used as the basis for the Character Style definition.īecause we set some of the text in Medium Italic (Font Style), our Paragraph Style now indicates with the ‘+’ icon that this format is not native to the Paragraph Style. I’m naming mine “Medium Italic”.Ĭlick OK to add the style to the Control Panel. Next choose New Character Style from the Character Styles panel menu and Name the Style. I’ve changed the Font Style to Medium Italic. To define a Character Style: Highlight some text in the Body Text paragraphs and change its formatting. In preparation for the GREP style, I prefer to create the Character Styles required prior to defining the GREP style components (Character Style and Expression). Task at handĪll of the paragraphs for which the text between parenthesis must be set in Italic have already had a Paragraph Style “Body Text” applied to it. In this first tutorial we start with a simple GREP style tutorial that looks at how we can automatically apply a character style to all text between parentheses. Part 4: Formatting price tags containing dollars and cents with multiple character styles Part 3: Converting text typed in Capital Letters to Small Caps (OpenType feature) Part 2: Change the appearance of numbers (figures) within a given paragraph style
Adobe grep tutorial series#
The following tutorial is part of a 4-part series on GREP Styles. InDesign CS4 continued the “GREP-theme’ through its ability to lock this pattern based application of character styles into your Paragraph Styles. InDesign CS3 introduced the ability to perform GREP Find/Changes, making it easier for us to apply character styles to text pattern strings such as ‘all text’ between parentheses.
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