forume grep

[kattoche]

Bonjour à tous

je ne me souviens pas de la formule Grep pour empêcher qu'un mot de 1 à 3 lettres par exemple soit en bout de ligne (comme à, de, une...)

Merciiiiii par avance et bonne soriée

[Mike Witherell]

This simple GREP is for end of paragraphs to prevent short last lines:

Find what: 

.{16}$

Change to:

Apply character style NoBreak

[kattoche]

thank you

[FRIdNGE]

Not so sure! …

(^/)  The Jedi

[Mike Witherell]

End of a *line*? oof da! I don't know that one, and my deeper question is ... why?

[jmlevy]

@Mike Witherell @In French, most of words with 1, 2 and 3 letters are either articles and prepositions and it is better to avoid to end lines with these words.

[Mike Witherell]

This is the custom in French typesetting? Not English?

[jmlevy]

This is the custom in French typesetting? 

For purists, yes… 

[Mike Witherell]

I did not know that!

Interestingly, I found these examples in other InDesign posts:

\b.{1,3}\b\K\s

as the Jedi posted, or maybe...

\b(a|an|the)\b\K\s

... and of course you would put in a string of common French tiny words instead of a|an|the.

The Change is applying the NoBreak Character Style in all these cases.