Find and Change formatted of repeated text using GREP

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November 4, 2022
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Hi everyone,

Can anyone help me with a GREP find/change? I'm using the code "\b(\w+)\s+\1\b" to find repeated (duplicate) words in a document and I was wondering if it's possible to change the formatting of the duplications only? For example:

Email subject 1:Email subject 1:

I would like to change the Character Style format of the repeated text "Email subject 1:" and keep the first instance "Email subject 1:" as it is.

Thanks in advance,
Rogerio

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Correct answer pixxxelschubser

You can try:

find:

([\S\s]+)\K\1

replace with:

[nothing] --> let this field empty

replace style:

[your character style] --> e.g. Character Style 2

pixxxelschubser

Correct answer

Community Expert

You can try:

find:

([\S\s]+)\K\1

replace with:

[nothing] --> let this field empty

replace style:

[your character style] --> e.g. Character Style 2

R

Rogerio5C09Author

Inspiring

It worked just as expected! Thank you so much 🙂

pixxxelschubser

Community Expert

Thank you very much for your sample file.

Please give us several concrete examples and answer my questions and additionally: Does your grep question only refer to the subject line or also to the "reference-frame"?