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DigitalChickster
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Inspiring
November 22, 2019
Question

Find/replace text with the inches symbol

  • November 22, 2019
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Hi all! I have a large set of data that is generated online. What I get is something like this:

 

30"

 

I need to replace that html code """ with the inches symbol.

 

I know how to create the inches symbol in InDesign. But I want to do a find/replace. How would I do this? Currently I have to go through the entire document and type in "control    shift    quote marks" which is very tedious. Any ideas? Thanks! Oh, I'm on a Mac using InDesign 15.0. 

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Barb Binder
Community Expert
Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 22, 2019

Great! We are always happy to help, Julie.

 

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Barb Binder
Community Expert
Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 22, 2019

Hi Julie:

 

Is this what you need? If so:

Find "

Change to ~"

 

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
    DigitalChickster
    DigitalChicksterAuthor
    Inspiring
    November 22, 2019

    Thanks for the quick response and for taking the time to make the video. That's great. However, when I do what you did... I get quotation marks... not inch marks. What am I doing wrong? 

    DigitalChickster
    DigitalChicksterAuthor
    Inspiring
    November 22, 2019

    OH! I figured it out. I didn't add the tilde before the inch marks... when I did, that made it work. Thank you so much! 

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