Format Text as a Percentage

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March 6, 2025
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Hello. Is there a way to create a style or a grep that will automatically convert text to a percentage format? So for example if I type "25.5" into a text box, it automatically adds a "%" at the end to make it "25.5%"? Similar to how it works in cell formatting in Excel? I have a file that includes a lot of numbers that need to be typed in so not having to type the % character or paste it in every time would save me some time. Thank you.

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Correct answer jmlevy

GREP styles (and character styles generally speaking) do not add any character, they format the text so it won't be possible that way. But you could run a find-change to add a percentage sign after all the numbers formatted in a defined style.

jmlevy

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Community Expert

GREP styles (and character styles generally speaking) do not add any character, they format the text so it won't be possible that way. But you could run a find-change to add a percentage sign after all the numbers formatted in a defined style.

Kathy5FFAAuthor

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That could work, thank you. Also is there a way to format a table cell to convert a number to a specific format like converting 1200 to 1,200 or 100 to 100.00 like in Excel? Just trying to save time from typing commas, decimals, etc.

jmlevy

Community Expert

No, InDesign tables can't be compared to Excel tables in this matter. But once again, a find-change query could do what you want to get.

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Jeffrey_Smith

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I imagine there will be numbers that are not suppose to be formatted as a percentage. If this is the case, is there anything that distinguishes a percent number from a non-percent number?

Kathy5FFAAuthor

Inspiring

It would be an entire table column or row so I'd like to create a paragraph or character style that when applied to any number, it would convert it to a percentage. That way I can set all numbers in a particular row to be percentages.

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