add a paragraph style within a paragraph style

[TRIXIE]

Hi there,

I have a small issue when making a catalogue of over 200 pages: can I put a Paragraph Style within a Paragraph Style?

There is a specific piece of text in my document, that appears every so often, which automatically gets a specific paragraph style (I use a plugin for this). However, when this text with 'Paragraph Style A' contains a digit, I want it to change to 'Paragraph Style B'. 

Is this in any way possible? 

I know you can nest a character style, or use GREP to add a character style, but 'Paragraph Style A' specifically contains a Paragraph Rule in a certain color, so Character Style won't do the trick as 'Paragraph Style B' has a different color Rule, which can't be adjusted with just a Character Style...

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Yes, I know - but you need to "hardcode" their order and "size"... 

So if part with a digit will be later in the text... 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

If we assume that 1st field - as per screenshot:

is always there AND alone AND there is always a digit - then the whole topic is rather pointless...

If we assume, that it can be a single text with two parts "3y+" & "stainless steel" - then your solution @rob day, with Nested Styles is the right one.

But if we assume, that "3y+" can be anywhere - alone or not - then Text or GREP Find/Change - with a change to a new Char or Para Style - or as a GREP Style in a ParaStyle definition.

[TRIXIE]

Yes, the simple usage of both GREP and Nested Styles does get me to be able to give the first part, with the age number, a different colour. It is actually easier than before. I gave the original data extra em- and en-spaces through the plugin (EasyCatalog) and then gave the first word a different underline colour. Simple.
However, this only adjusts 'the first word', and not a word with specific text or digits. So '3y+' will be the same colour as, say '2-7y'. So I'm looking for a way to give specific colours to specific words. And yes, I could do this manually through 'Find', but for a big catalogue where the data sometimes changes without me knowing, it's not very handy.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

You can do this with GREP Styles. 

You would need to list all possibilities and pair with CharStyles.