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Dorasnora
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March 19, 2022
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How to remove decimal commas in indesign

  • March 19, 2022
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I am working on a document with long lists of numbers which need to change from decimal commas to numbers without the commas and spaces instead e.g.  12,345,000 to 12 345 000.

Please can someone help? I am currently doing it manually and it is driving me up the wall, plus the chances of errors sneaking in is huge.

Thanks

Doret

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Correct answer jmlevy

You can run a find/change

Find 

,(?=\d)

Change

\s

 

Depending on the language you are working with, you may use a thin space instead of a regular space.

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Barb Binder
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Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 19, 2022

Hi @Dorasnora:

 

Building on @jmlevy's answer—be sure to choose the GREP tab (and not the Text tab) at the top of the Find/Change dialog box or it won't work. 

 

~Barb 

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
    jmlevy
    Community Expert
    jmlevyCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    March 19, 2022

    You can run a find/change

    Find 

    ,(?=\d)

    Change

    \s

     

    Depending on the language you are working with, you may use a thin space instead of a regular space.

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