How to remove non-printing character or ignore it while GREP search

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Hi All, Can you any one let me know how to find and remove non-printing character, those are converted from xml tag text to text object?Currently I am using below code but unable to remove.app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "~I";
footenote.texts[0].changeGrep();
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;Regards,

Laubender · Accepted Answer

Hi Sumit,"~I" will only find index markers. What you are looking for are FEFF special characters in general.They can be found with:app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "<FEFF>";They cannot be found with GREP. If one instance is found you have to decide if you want to remove it.This is quiet difficult, because FEFF is not only used for index markers or your converted tags, but also for hyperlink anchor markers and Note objects etc.pp. See: Delete unicode character 0xFEFFlaurent tourniel7664515, Nov 24, 2021https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/delete-unicode-character-0xfeff/td-p/12547311Especially my answer here:https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/delete-unicode-character-0xfeff/m-p/12547528#M455014 Regards,Uwe Laubender( ACP )

willcampbell7 · Answer

This script does it, and more. Free download. Enable "remove zero-width characters".https://www.marspremedia.com/software/indesign/text-cleanup

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