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October 21, 2012
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Take Saved Searches Along when Upgrading?

  • October 21, 2012
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Hi,

Is it possible to copy over all the saved searches (Text and GREP) I

used in CS4 so that they'll be available in CS6?

Many thanks,

Ariel

Win 7

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Correct answer Trevor:

Hi Arïel,

In windows they are stored here

C:\Users\Trevor\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version 7.0-ME\en_GB\Find-Change Queries

They are basic XML filess, here's one.

I would guess by changing the 'Version major="5" minor="1" ' to  'Version major="7" minor="0" ' that it should work.  Can't guarantee it.  Would be easy to script a batch change function although they might well work "as is"

Regard,

Trevor

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

<Query>

  <Header>

    <Version major="5" minor="1"/>

    <Application value="Adobe InDesign"/>

    <QueryType value="Grep" qid="1"/>

  </Header>

  <Description>

    <FindExpression value="(?#)(?#)~h(?#)(.+)(?#)\.(?#)(\))?"/>

    <ReplaceExpression value=""/>

    <FindChangeOptions>

      <IncludeLockedLayers value="0"/>

      <IncludeLockedStories value="0"/>

      <IncludeMasterPages value="0"/>

      <IncludeHiddenLayers value="0"/>

      <IncludeFootnotes value="0"/>

      <KanaSensitive value="1"/>

      <WidthSensitive value="1"/>

    </FindChangeOptions>

    <FindFormatSettings/>

    <ReplaceFormatSettings>

      <TextAttribute type="changecondmode" value="0"/>

    </ReplaceFormatSettings>

  </Description>

</Query>

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Dan Greyhound
Inspiring
March 13, 2024

Anyone know how to do this in 2024?

 

Trevor:
Trevor:Correct answer
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October 22, 2012

Hi Arïel,

In windows they are stored here

C:\Users\Trevor\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version 7.0-ME\en_GB\Find-Change Queries

They are basic XML filess, here's one.

I would guess by changing the 'Version major="5" minor="1" ' to  'Version major="7" minor="0" ' that it should work.  Can't guarantee it.  Would be easy to script a batch change function although they might well work "as is"

Regard,

Trevor

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

<Query>

  <Header>

    <Version major="5" minor="1"/>

    <Application value="Adobe InDesign"/>

    <QueryType value="Grep" qid="1"/>

  </Header>

  <Description>

    <FindExpression value="(?#)(?#)~h(?#)(.+)(?#)\.(?#)(\))?"/>

    <ReplaceExpression value=""/>

    <FindChangeOptions>

      <IncludeLockedLayers value="0"/>

      <IncludeLockedStories value="0"/>

      <IncludeMasterPages value="0"/>

      <IncludeHiddenLayers value="0"/>

      <IncludeFootnotes value="0"/>

      <KanaSensitive value="1"/>

      <WidthSensitive value="1"/>

    </FindChangeOptions>

    <FindFormatSettings/>

    <ReplaceFormatSettings>

      <TextAttribute type="changecondmode" value="0"/>

    </ReplaceFormatSettings>

  </Description>

</Query>

TᴀW
TᴀWAuthor
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October 22, 2012

Thanks very much, Trevor. I'll check this out.

Ariel

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