Autocorrect - Find word and add superscript in a part of it.

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October 12, 2020
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Hi everyone,

I need your help. In my document I'm using text like SomethigSpecial but the word Special is a superscript as below:

It is hard to remember always about the superscript while typing. So how I can add an autorect (or something else) to word "Somethingspecial" so I can be sure that every time it will change to something I showed you on the picture?

I don't want to use search/change option after I'm done with the file but as a autocorrect to have changes live. I wan't it to be changed while I'am typing.

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Correct answer vladan saveljic

pixxxelschubser

Community Expert

@JA Kowalski,

There is a difference between Grep Find & Replace (menu command) and Grep Styles.

Grep Find & Replace can delete characters - a Grep Style cannot.

That's why:

Like @vladan saveljic wrote before: Use the menu command Grep Find & Replace at the beginning for substitutions and clean you texts. After that - use Grep Styles in Paragraph Styles for "Live formatting".

BTW: This Grep Find & Replace could do the first step.

vladan saveljic

Inspiring

one simply way could be (without using script) with find replace in two steps:
1)
find
something special
change to
SomethingSpecial

and then
2)
find
somethingspecial
change to
SomethingSpecial

J

JA KowalskiAuthor

Known Participant

Thank you @vladan saveljic but I know this solution. I have a very complicated file with a 500 pages. So I need to have any changes "live", not after file is done because it could cause many problems. That's why I'm looking for solutions with GREP.

vladan saveljic

Inspiring

Ok, but grep can't do all these changes "live."

For example you could do these substitutions at the beginning, not after file is done

J

JA KowalskiAuthor

Known Participant

@Manan Joshi @vladan saveljic @SJRiegel @pixxxelschubser

Hi again,

I thought that there is something missing while I was working on a document today.

Is it posible adding to your GREP [to remind you: (?i)\bSomething\KSpecial\b] some line that will:

- make both words capitalics (always "SomethingSpecial", not e.g. "SomethingSPECIAL")

- delete space. (I found in document few "Something special" and I need i to be "SomethingSpecial"). I know it need to be a task like delete space always after "something" but if there is a "special" after.