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One Line Bold In A List

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November 24, 2024
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I have a list of over 2000 names with phone number, specialty and other info that I transfered from a Numbers document to InDesign. I want to go through and bold just the line with the Name. The nesting of a character style won't work because that only works in a paragraph. Is there another way to get that one line bold? Obvioulsy without going through each and every name over 2000 times.

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Robert at ID-Tasker

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There is one more option - InDesign Tagged Text.

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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Export out from Numbers as tab-delimited text, in a word processor search for the tabs and replace with returns (leave any empty returns/fields in place for now), use InDesign's next style to auto format in a repeating manner., search and remove empty returns. The "trick" is to have the last style linked back to the first style so it creates a cycle.

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BobLevine

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If it's an identical structure, create a paragraph style for each. Set each style to follow the previous and last one set the next style to the first.

Select all of the text, right click the first style and choose apply xxxx and next.

Robert at ID-Tasker

Brainiac

There is always more than one way to skin the cat 😉

James Gifford—NitroPress

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This is, or should be, a trivially simple task. But it depends on the structure of the list, and I am waiting for the other shoe to drop, here. 🙂

James Gifford—NitroPress

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As RT notes, we'd have to see a sample of the content to come up with any answers. I'm trying to visualize a list that isn't composed of paragraphs that might be a hook for one of the nested or GREP style options. You may have to do some processing to re- (better-) structure the content.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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It might be done "in reverse" - first, we would've to eliminate all paragraphs that are not names - phone numbers, etc - and apply some ParaStyles - then what's left - will be the Names.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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Can you post a screenshot - with Hidden Characters VISIBLE.

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Peter Spier

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BUT the original spreadsheet file would have had empty fields for any missing listings. As long as those are not removed BEFORE applying the next-style settings, it would work fine. After that, you can remove excess returns.

BUT the original spreadsheet file would have had empty fields for any missing listings. As long as those are not removed BEFORE applying the next-style settings, it would work fine. After that, you can remove excess returns.

By @Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Actually, that isn't as easy as you think. The blank paragrapghs aren't really blank -- they have a merge field placeholder -- and there are problems with the styles shifting to the wrong paragraphs.

@UweLaubender did a remarkable job some years back solving this but my link to the discussion on the old forum is now dead. 😞

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