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August 27, 2022
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How to Remove Empty Line in textframe

  • August 27, 2022
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How to remove the empty line for the below text frame if a line break is applied?

 

 

Here I have a Single Paragraph for which I have used a line break and here the text alignment is bottom, here I want to remove the last empty line. How can I remove the last empty line using a script?

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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August 29, 2022

For removing FEFF special characters you can only use Text Find/Change with Find pattern:

<FEFF>

GREP Find is not able to find anything with:

\x{FEFF}

 

But first check if the special chatacters are really FEFF characters.

Select one and go to the Info panel to see the Unicode code points of the selected character(s).

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

Peter Spier
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Peter SpierCommunity Expert
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August 29, 2022

Hi, Uwe.

I remember that problem now (which is why when I looked up the query it was text, not GREP).

In December of 2013 we had a very long discussion about removing these characters in a long data-merged document that was then to have the text frames stitched into a single thread. The original poster was having a problem with paragraph styles being reassigned during the process. I no longer remember the cause of the style change, but at the time you worked out a script to solve it...

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    August 29, 2022

    Hi Peter,

    yes, I remember this very well!

    The whole thread is still available:

     

    Multiple record data merge into paragraph styles-applies the wrong style
    LinaD36, Nov 22, 2013
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/multiple-record-data-merge-into-paragraph-styles-applies-the-wrong-style/td-p/5633549

     

    However, it could be that some of the code I posted back then was damaged in October 2019 when it was moved over to this new incarnation of the Adobe InDesign User Forum.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( Adobe Community Professional )

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    SA8888Author
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    August 28, 2022

    Is there any solution so I can remove the last empty line? 

    Here if there is a paragraph marker at the end of the line "Text3"  I can remove the last empty line, but not able to remove the line if there is a line break marker at the end of "Text3". 

    Peter Spier
    Community Expert
    Peter SpierCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 28, 2022

    You can try this:

    Find \n\x{FEFF}+$ and change to nothing. Do this on a copy for testing ansd removing those caracters may have unexpected consequences.

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    SA8888Author
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    August 28, 2022

    Hi @Peter Spier  thank you for the suggestion. Can you please help  using a script.

     

    Can we remove the last empty line using the textrange? 

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    SA8888Author
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    August 28, 2022

    Anyone with the solution?

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    SA8888Author
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    August 28, 2022

    I'm able to remove the last empty line if there is a paragraph marker at the end of "Text3", but if there is a line break marker at the end of "Text3" I'm not able to remove the last empty line. Can anyone help with the solution with a script?

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    SA8888Author
    Known Participant
    August 28, 2022

    I'm able to remove the last empty line if there is a paragraph marker at the end of "Text3", but if there is a line break marker at the end of "Text3" I'm not able to remove the last empty line. Can anyone help with the solution with a script?

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    SA8888Author
    Known Participant
    August 28, 2022

    I'm able to remove the last empty line if there is a paragraph marker at the end of "Text3", but if there is a line break marker at the end of "Text3" I'm not able to remove the last empty line. Can anyone help with the solution with a script?

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    August 27, 2022

    Hi @SA8888 ,

    You would remove the last line break.

    But note, there is contents in the last line. A couple of special characters.

    I assume they are of Unicode Code Point FEFF.

    So be careful what you remove.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( Adobe Community Professional )

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    SA8888Author
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    August 27, 2022

    Can you help with the scripting solution?

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    SA8888Author
    Known Participant
    August 28, 2022

    I'm able to remove the last empty line if there is a paragraph marker at the end of "Text3", but if there is a line break marker at the end of "Text3" I'm not able to remove the last empty line. Can anyone help with the solution with a script?

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