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May 7, 2019
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Find/Change Consecutive Numbers

  • May 7, 2019
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I want to know if there is a way to find/change consecutive numbers. For example, a manuscript I am working on has plan text endnotes that are numbered [1] to [25]. I want to change the Character Style to Footnote Reference Number for each bracketed number from 1 to 25.

Currently, I am manually doing it by running a query using Find/Change that finds the bracketed number and changes it to a footnote reference number. This is alright if there are only a couple endnotes, but for authors that have 40 or 50 endnotes in plan text, I was hoping there's an easier way using GRAP or something...

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Correct answer Peter Kahrel

Find: \[\K\d+?(?=\])

Change to: leave empty

Find format: leave empty

Change format: Footnote reference number style.

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Peter Kahrel
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Peter KahrelCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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May 7, 2019

Find: \[\K\d+?(?=\])

Change to: leave empty

Find format: leave empty

Change format: Footnote reference number style.

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Jongware
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JongwareCommunity Expert
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May 7, 2019

Right. I was wondering how ever the required "consecutive numbers" could play a part in this -- because it doesn't.

Peter Kahrel
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Peter KahrelCommunity Expert
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May 7, 2019

asian technology probably meant consecutive digits, what you and would call numbers.

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