How do you removed extra spaces after the end of sentence?

[gpantera]

I've got a document that is already in InDesign and it has extra spaces after the punctuation at the end of a sentence. How do I remove the extra spaces?

Already tried find and change and it didn't really work.

Thank you.

Gabrielle

[SJRiegel]

What did you try in find and change, and what result did it give?

[Jongware]

That is similar to this recent question: grep query to find full stop followed by 1 space (despite the title).

[Ian Blogs]

In find/change I just type two spaces in the 'find what' and one space in the 'change two'.

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

Are you aware that there is a query available in the Find/Change dialog box that will remove all double spaces? While there are other (and shorter) queries one can write, this one is installed with InDesign and is just waiting for you to find it.

[happie_97]

I agree with Barb, The multiple space to single space GREP is a quick option. GREP can be quite confusing so I explore and use the preset Queries whenever they are available.

[gpantera]

Thank you!

I didn't realize I could pick a query. Did it, got rid of about 265 spaces, but there are still more spaces between sentences. Did it again, but did it not change any more.

Further ideas?

[Barb Binder]

That GREP string will locate 2 or more of a variety of spaces. Did you set the Search to Document (left middle of my screen shot) before selecting Change All? This will find those spaces all the stories in the document.

If yes, please share a screen shot of the remaining spaces, with Type > Show Hidden Characters turned on.

[Ian Blogs]

I would just do as I suggested in post #3. It is simple and works.