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Trying to alter font on entries within data merge

  • March 1, 2023
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So not sure if this is even a thing

 

Data merging a bunch of prices into printable ticket form.

However the output has to be formatted in a certain way.

 

I.e the first letter has to be a larger font with a -tve height to offset it 

While I have an off item font copy to eyedropper and manually correct each ticket

I'm wondering if there's a way of presetting rules so that the data merge can automatically be formatted in ways I want?

 

If I'm making no sense, sorry about that. 

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Correct answer Peter Spier

I think this can be done with nested GREP styles in the paragraph style.

Define a character style with your increased size and appropriate baseline shift, then apply it using the following two GREP expressions as GREP styles in your paragraph style:

(?<=£)\d+     to mark the first case for pounds

\d+(?=p)       to mark pence only

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Peter Spier
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Peter SpierCommunity Expert
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March 1, 2023

You should be using a defined paragraph style to format the price entry. That style can include a nested, or several nested, character style(s) to doemat the numbers.

If you provide a screen shot of how you want the finished piece to look we can provide more information.

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PlebiciteAuthor
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March 1, 2023

 So the one on the left is how it imports from data merge, the right is the style it needs to have (larger font with a baseline shift. But only on numbers before the decimal. Or before the p in the case of entries with less than £1 value)

 

Though I'm assuming for it to know which letters in a random assortment of prices to adjust will require scripting

Peter Spier
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Peter SpierCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
March 1, 2023

I think this can be done with nested GREP styles in the paragraph style.

Define a character style with your increased size and appropriate baseline shift, then apply it using the following two GREP expressions as GREP styles in your paragraph style:

(?<=£)\d+     to mark the first case for pounds

\d+(?=p)       to mark pence only

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