find and replace with small caps

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
April 17, 2023
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Hi all.

I have a large document strewn with a particular abbreviation, lets say it's "ABC".

I can easily search for "ABC" but how do I replace every ABC with small caps ABC?

How to

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

In addition to what Barb illustrates, you could make an "OpenType All Small Caps" character style, which I often prefer to simple Small Caps for initialisms like yours.

Mike Witherell

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi @spaceprobe:

Create a character style to assign small caps. Test on one or two occurences, the use Edit > Find Change to locate ABC (enable whole word) and replace with the character style. Check carefully for inadvertant matches.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

spaceprobeAuthor

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Thanks Barb and Mike! Brilliant. Can't try it right now but I'm sure that will do the trick.

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