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I need a script similar to "Find Change From Spreadsheet" but for GREPs.

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May 28, 2022
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Hi

I have a problem with a GREP: when I do it one by one it works perfectly, but when I use Change all command it doesn't work, so I need a script to do the find and change one by one to the whole file, so it's something similar to Find Change From Spreadsheetbut with GREP instead of text.

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Correct answer m1b

Hi @AK09M, try this:

((?<=~F) | (?=~F))

This searches for a space with a footnote number before it OR a space with a footnote number after it.

- Mark

m1b

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Hi @AK09M, can you give an example of your GREP that works for one change but not for change all? I've never come across that before and I'd like to understand what happens.
- Mark

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AK09MAuthor

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https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/how-to-replace-all-using-grep/m-p/12966969#M478632

m1b

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Hi @AK09M, try this:

((?<=~F) | (?=~F))

This searches for a space with a footnote number before it OR a space with a footnote number after it.

- Mark

Willi Adelberger

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When it does not work, it is not find & replace.

Describe what you are missing.

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AK09MAuthor

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I have a space before and after every footnote number in the text and I want to remove them, I used

Find: (~F)

Change to: $1

When I do it one by one it works perfectly, but when I use change all it doesn't work it turns them into squares.
see the link below for a sample of the file.

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