InDesign - GREP Style Numbering multiple colors

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January 13, 2021
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Hey,

I have been struggeling for a very long time but how can I add a secondary color in the numbering of Bullets & Numbering without converting the numbering to text.

I want to give the dot on the numbering another color. I don't want to do it manually anymore cause it's too much of work.

How to

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FRIdNGE

Simplify your auto-num to: ^#

Include a Grep style: "Orange" + ^\.(?=\t)

… and run a simple regex as: Find: ^. + para style Replace by: .\t$0

For the end of the para, add a 2nd Grep style: "Orange" + [.…]$

(^/) The Jedi

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Rinwizzl

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Hi Jedi!

Do grep styles also work on the numbers of a numbered list?

I have a set of headings numbered like this: "2.1.3 Introduction", and in the paragraph style the character color is set to red.

In this example I would want the "2.1." in black, and the "3 Introduction" in red.

How can I make that happen?

FRIdNGE

By Script!

(^/) The Jedi

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tacoeater

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Hello @Humeyra5C94

This isn't possible with just Bullets or number. Bullets and number is a all or nothing format. I know you didn't want to do a manual process, but if you look at paragraphy styles and Nested styles you would automatically format bullets yourself, using a character style to handle the dots.

You might need to play with this a little to get it working, but from a quick test it worked fine for me.

Regards

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