Find/change GREP not working now
Hi. I have been using a GREP in the Find/Change dialogue for almost a year and it has worked perfectly. I work with video scripts and I have to find and remove timestamps (ex. 00:01:53). I've been using the GREP: [0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9] or this one has also worked as well: \[[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]]
However, now it's not working when I have "Document" selected in the drop down menu (It says "Cannot Find Match"). It only works when I select the text and select "Selection" in the drop-down menu. And even then, it will only work on a short selection. If I select text on too many pages (that's flowing through them), it just will say "Cannot Find Match".
Here's what I've tried so far that has NOT WORKED:
- Deleted all the InDesign preferences
- Uninstalled and reinstalled InDesign (without saving preferences)
- Created a new document and input the text (just on page 1) and tried searching it then
- Downloaded the original text in different formats (i.e. Word, Rich text, simple text, etc.)
- Tried selecting all the special buttons under the drop-down in the Find/Change dialogue box
- Tried searching with "Story" selected in the drop-down menu
- Note: There's nothing in my Find Format area or my Change Format area
So far, nothing I have tried is working and there is no way for me to get rid of these timestamps and I have hundreds of pages of them. So, one-by-one will take forever.
