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September 13, 2023
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InDesign 2023: Find and Replace doesn't work

  • September 13, 2023
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Mac 13.5.2 - InDesign 18.5

Find and replace (as well as nested styles) do not work. I can even select a "2" from a block of text, and attempt to find a "2", and it will say 'Cannot Find Match.' Whether story, selection, document etc is the selection criteria, I always get the same result. This seems to affect nested styles as well.







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    Correct answer Thunder-Lightning

    Would there be a chance that you are dong it on a Parent Page and not have 'Include Paren Pages' option checked in the Find/Change dialog box? This has happened to me.

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    prod_artist
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    October 19, 2023

    i have the same issue. i have made sure to include parent pages as well. and i still get the result "Cannot Find Match". There are too many areas that have the text i need to replace in a template that i just want to replace, but Indesign does not want to cooperate. 

     

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    Thunder-Lightning
    Inspiring
    October 19, 2023

    Hi @prod_artist , you need to do your Find/Change in the GREP tab.

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      prod_artist
      Participant
      October 20, 2023

      same results.

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      Thunder-LightningCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      September 13, 2023

      Would there be a chance that you are dong it on a Parent Page and not have 'Include Paren Pages' option checked in the Find/Change dialog box? This has happened to me.

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