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Hey there,
I'm currently in the throws of creating an in-depth directory for the US Forest Service- which has resulted in my having to utilize GREP Styles- which has been fabulously effective.
The only thing I was given was a very poorly executed (disorganized, poor punctuation, that kind of thing) spreadsheet. So, yea- Scripts and GREP have really saved me here.
Anyway, I have stumbled across something I'm sure will prove to be very simple to all you Adobe Wizards; I'm hoping I may tap into your wisdom.
I need to add a period to the abbreviation "Ext" so that it reads "Ext."
I've only been successful so far in adding a period to all instances of "Ext", even if that already have a period- which results in many of the instances reading "Ext.." - How do I avoid that?
Thank you in advance,
- Vitto
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is this an acrobat question?
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Woops, I apologize! The program is InDesign.
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in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/
p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post if it helps you get responses.
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Oh, my bad lol.
I'll go ahead and re-post to the InDesign Support Community! Totally thought I did that to begin with, thank you for pointing me in the right direction!!
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no need. i moved your post.
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Ext(?!\.)
Use the above search. It looks for Ext without a period immediately following it. You can see the only instance it found below.