GREP Replace all option bugs in Adobe Indesign

[SathishSekar_]

Hi All,

I am finding serious bugs in Adobe Indesign document by using GREP. All regular text changing to Italic format when i use attached grep formula; could you please check and suggest that this is Adobe Indesign Application bug or My Indesign document bug?

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Have you tried trashing preferences and IDMLing way? 

[SathishSekar_]

Yes! I did but still facing issues...

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

What kind of issues? 

[SathishSekar_]

All regular text too changing to Italic format when i use GREP formula (using replace all option); could you please check and suggest that this is Adobe Indesign Application bug or My Indesign document bug? Also attached my document in beginning of my post.

[Peter Spier]

I'm not seeing that here on Windows 10 in either Version 16 or 18.

[SathishSekar_]

I am using MAC OS, Indesign Version 16 to 18

[Barb Binder]

I'm seeing the first two characters change to SymbolT1 because of a Word character style applied to the bullets. Delete it, remove formatting and all is good. I'm not seeing the italics, but perhaps elsewhere you have italics assigned as a Word character style. If so, same fix.

~Barb

[SathishSekar_]

Still issue not clear

[Barb Binder]

This is a 136 page document. Which page is showing italics after find/change?

~Barb

[SathishSekar_]

Page 43—4th bullet list see below text for identification.

• Understand the meaning of the following domain-specific vocabulary: nutrition, wigwam, longhouse, sachem, and wampum."

Page 50—4th bullet list see below text for identification.

• Understand the meaning of the following domain-specific vocabulary: cliff dweller, canyon, adobe, kiva, wickiup, hogan, and yucca.

I Have attached screenshot where the difference are there after using GREP.

[Peter Spier]

OK, this is not what you described in your original post, but the LOSS of italics in some text, and I do see it here on those two pages. Im at a loss for why it is happening with Change All but not when chaging one-at-a-time.

I do remember, though, some previous discussions about bugs with Change All some years back, and this could be the same. Perhaps @Barb Binder has something more concrete.

[Laubender]

Hi @SathishSekar_ ,

I can confirm the issue as well. German InDesign 2023 version 18.4.0.56 on macOS.

The bug:

With GREP > Change All the formatting of some of the italic text will change to regular.

Note: Style italic is applied with a character style.

What also happens, no bug, expected behavior:

The formatting of the first two characters in the paragraph changes as well.

Due to the bullet point and tab's formatting before removing them with Change to: $2.

Hm. If the issue happens, when formatting changes from the applied character style "Italic" to character style "None", the number of characters that are affected is the number of characters that are behind $1, the first group of your GREP expression. Perhaps this is a hint to the developers what's going wrong.

Report the bug at InDesign UserVoice:

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs

The workaround:

Add a new character style named "REMOVE_ME".

GREP > Find: ^\x{2022}\t

GREP > Change: Format to character style "REMOVE_ME"

Change All

GREP > Find: (?<=^\x{2022}\t).+$

GREP > Change: Format to paragraph style "Main_Txt_Bullets"

Change All

GREP > Find: Format chatacter style "REMOVE_ME"

GREP > Change:

( Leave blank to remove the found text.)

You said: "… please check and suggest that this is Adobe Indesign Application bug or My Indesign document bug?"

This is hard to answer. I tend to see a bug with InDesign itself and not in the document.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

[Laubender]

Workaround in two steps:

Add a new character style named "REMOVE_ME".

GREP > Find: (^\x{2022}\t)

GREP > Change: $1

Format to character style "REMOVE_ME"

Format to paragraph style "Main_Txt_Bullets"

Change All

GREP > Find: Format chatacter style "REMOVE_ME"

GREP > Change:

( Leave blank to remove the found text.)

Change All

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

[SathishSekar_]

Hi Laubender, Thanks for invest your valuable time for me!

I got alternate solution; meanwhile I want to know this is InDesign bug or my document bug. because of my GREP expression is correct.

[SathishSekar_]

Can report as Indesign bug?

[Peter Spier]

I certainly would.