Is there any way to search for ALL characters (including punctuation, dashes, and spaces) that are within brackets [ ], including the brackets? For example, after wildcard searching, I would like ALL of [test1123 abc 7.77] or [aaa 3_1 abc 7.77] to be highlighted (including the brackets) so that I could make them as conditional text.
What is the proper wildcard search string that I should enter? Thanks.
There is no simple, one-shot solution from within FrameMaker. The Wildcard option does not give you a full-fledged regular expression search engine, although that would be nice. The official explanation of wildcard character options is here:
One thing could be more precise in the docs: * is for one or more word characters, like | stands for one or more non-word characters.
To achieve your goal I would suggest to do as follows:
To find all one-word instances, search for \[*\] - you have to use \[ for each literal [ because the brackerts are special characters as soon as the Wildcard option is selected
To find two-word instances, search for \[*|*\], etc.
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