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A very basic find and replace question

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
January 6, 2023
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Hi, I have always wanted to do the following:

Find all text with a certain format and then add a special character in front of all instances of the formatted text.

For example:

Find format: Times New Roman + Regular + size: 22 pt + color: C=0 M=100 Y=0 K=0

and then I want to add an asterisk in front of occurrence of this format in my document.

Can this be done with GREP?

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Correct answer FRIdNGE

Basically:

Find: .+

Replace by: *$0

(^/) The Jedi

pixxxelschubser

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@Chris22040923b75s

Why not just activate the bullet and numbering function in your paragraph style sheet with the asterisk as a bullet?

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Chris22040923b75sAuthor

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Well, I just used an asterisk as a stand-in for any string of text I might want to do in the future.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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@FRIdNGE is perfectly right 😉 BUT @Chris22040923b75s, you need to tell us more about the text you are looking for - only in front of a paragraph or every word or phrase ?

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Chris22040923b75sAuthor

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in front of a paragraph. But I could see putting it in front of a phrase being very useful as well.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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Then @FRIdNGE's solution should work perfectly fine.

Barb Binder

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Hi @Chris22040923b75s:

Note you need to enable GREP tab at the top of the dialog box. This won't work if you leave the default Text tab selected.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Chris22040923b75sAuthor

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Yes, that's correct. excuse my poor screenshot etiquette. I did switch the tab when I tried "the Jedi's" method.

FRIdNGECorrect answer

Basically:

Find: .+

Replace by: *$0

(^/) The Jedi

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Chris22040923b75sAuthor

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Thank you! this did work.

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