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Inspiring
April 17, 2023
Question

find and replace with small caps

  • April 17, 2023
  • 2 replies
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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?

2 replies

Mike Witherell
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 17, 2023

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
Community Expert
April 17, 2023

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
spaceprobe
Inspiring
April 17, 2023

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

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