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Hi everyone,
I'd like to apply a grep style to a paragraph style to build a toc. The title of chapters are composed by two lines, that are obtained by means a \n. If I use the expression ".+\n.+" in grep search, it works, but if I use it in grep style the character style is applied just to first line.
For example:
Chapter 1
Thematic title
If I search for .+n.+, the entire pattern "Chapter 1 Thematic title" is found.
If I type the same expression in the field "To text" of grep style, the character style is applied just to "Chapter 1"
Thank you in advance!
Daniele
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Sorry, I forgot to specify that. I'm using InDesign.
Thank you!
Daniele
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I do not understand, what you want to accomplish with GREP styles in a TOC?
If you make a TOC, the information is drawn from the dedicated paragraph styles. Primary the styles are defined from the TOC styles in the layout menu.
I use personally the nested and inline feature from the Paragraph style to accomplish different fomratting. But how would a GREP come into the game?
Can you provide us an example which cannot be done with nested and inline styles, nor with the given toc style capability?
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Maybre you should break up the entries into 2 paragraphs with 2 different styles to build up the toc?
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If I broke up entries in two paragraphs styles, I would have problem with exporting the text into the epub format, because:
1) if I exported into the h1 element, I would have two h1 in the same page, that is wrong
2) if I exported Chapter n. into the h1 element and the thematic title either in the h2 or into the p element, it would be wrong because they are the same logical object (so the same level)
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make h1 and h1.sub as chapter title. only h1 should start with a new document in EPUB, but both can draw their information into the toc. I do this all the time with success.
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Sorry, I'm not sure I have understood. I can start a new document, but what would be the result?
....
<h1>Chapter n <br/>
Thematic title</h1>
...
or
<h1>Chapter n</h1>
<h1>Thematic title</h1>
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Normally in an EPUB you divide the document into chapters. On the first level it will start with a new HTML page.
What else is your problem with EPUBs if you have 1st level headlines with a subheadline? The h1 is an indicator to divide the document upon EPUB export.
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"Chapter n. Thematic title" is relative to one logical level, H1 and H2 are relative to two logical levels.
...
<h1>Chapter n. Thematic title</h1>
<p>bla bla bla...</p>
....
<p>bla bla bla...</p>
<h2>Title second level</h2>
<p>bla bla bla...</p>
....
<p>bla bla bla...</p>
Not
<h1>Chapter n</h1>
<h2>Thematic title</h2>
<p>bla bla bla...</p>
....
<p>bla bla bla...</p>
In the second case, we're telling the <h1> is composed by a text at h2 level, in the first we're telling that <h1> is composed by a text at level h1 and other texts at level h2
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@Daniele23680541van0 schrieb:
<p>bla bla bla...</p>In the second case, we're telling the <h1> is composed by a text at h2 level, in the first we're telling that <h1> is composed by a text at level h1 and other texts at level h2
Is this separated by different lines? Use different paragraph styles.
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Ok, I'll try, thank you so much!
Daniele
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Hi Daniele,
if the character style should be applied to all characters of the paragraph, I would change the characteristics of the applied paragraph style. Or if that is not possible, because you are using a paragraph style that is also needed outside of the TOC I would create an extra paragraph style for the TOC.
Regards,
Uwe Laubender
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Hi Uwe,
I created a paragraph style, to apply to the entire chapter titles, and a character style, to apply to thematic title; whereas, I created a paragraph style and a character style to apply to the items of the TOC. I have tried to create a grep style in the paragraph style of the TOC getting the result illustrated above.
Regards,
Daniele
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Work less with Character Styles and with more paragraph styles. Where a whole paragraph has only one character setting, no character style should be used.
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Thank you for your suggestion!
Daniele