InDesign GREP help

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June 13, 2023
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Hi all,

I need to create a GREP that allows me to set a specific charater style to a title that is in between specific words..eg: ETA. 2023. Title goes here and can contain commas/en and em dashes/semi colons. London.

Help?

Oh, and if you have resources for dummies about the subject, please point me in the right direction!

Thanks in advance.

J.

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Correct answer Peter Kahrel

Find what: ETA\. 2023\. \K.+?(?= London\.)

Change to: <Leave empty>

Change format: your character style.

Source for dummies: https://creativepro.com/now-available-grep-in-indesign-3rd-edition/

Peter Kahrel

Community Expert

> Can I insert this into a paragraph style, into GREP style?

Yes, you can.

Peter Kahrel

Community Expert

You can try and generalise the Grep to an extent by formulating it as 'Any text bewteen a year followed by a period and a town name. A town name is an initial-capped word at the end of the paragraph: