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Anonymous
November 30, 2018
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Really need help with a directory listing

  • November 30, 2018
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I have my Indesign file set up, 5 columns, bleed etc.

Now I need to import 7,000 names and addresses.

The names need to be in bold condensed, the info in light condensed.

How can I apply styles or whatever so I don't need to manually change 7,000 names to bold condensed?

This is what I have

This is what I need to have

Thanks so much for any help

Mark

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    Correct answer winterm

    What Google says:

    hunt (as a verb):

    1. pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food.

    2. search determinedly for someone or something.

    So, I mean: search. Using a Find/Change, as shown in a screenshot above. Again, IF there is an extra return before each name. If it isn't, we need to know how an existing gap before names is formatted, and modify regex accordingly.

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    winterm
    winterm
    Legend
    November 30, 2018

    First of all you need to establish a formal difference between a 'names' and 'addresses'. Pity you didn't show a non-printing (aka hidden) chars. Isn't it an extra return inserted before each 'name'? It would be easy then. Apply 'addresses' style to the whole text, then hunt for names:

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    Anonymous
    November 30, 2018

    Thanks for your response, but, I lost you after "hunt for names" I don't know how to hunt for names...

    winterm
    wintermCorrect answer
    Legend
    November 30, 2018

    What Google says:

    hunt (as a verb):

    1. pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food.

    2. search determinedly for someone or something.

    So, I mean: search. Using a Find/Change, as shown in a screenshot above. Again, IF there is an extra return before each name. If it isn't, we need to know how an existing gap before names is formatted, and modify regex accordingly.

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