Override One GREP Style Instance

[cathiep81049532]

Hello, is there a way to cancel one instance of an active GREP style?

For example, I have a GREP style to italicize our company name every time it appears, but in one instance, we do not want it italicized. Is there a way to manually override that one instance while keeping the other instances live?

Thanks!

[John Mensinger]

There could be other ways, but one way I've applied such an exception is to make a copy of the Paragraph style, delete the GREP style from it, and apply it to just that one paragraph.

[SJRiegel · Accepted solution]

Create a new paragraph style that does not contain the GREP style, and apply it to the paragraph containing that one instance.

[jctremblay]

In your GREP style query, you could add a Negative LookBehind for a Non-joiner characters and manually enter the non-joiner before the italics text in the paragraph when you want to disengage it. 

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[cathiep81049532]

Thanks Jean! I see what you're saying but can you elaborate a little more. Would adding the non-joiner remove the italics on that word?

[jctremblay]

Yes. Since you will be asking to make it Italic *only* when there is no Non-joiner before. I have add a picture on my original reply. You can see one my name is not italic because the non-joiner are present before.

[cathiep81049532]

Thank you!! Based on your suggestion, I created a second GREP style that said "if there's a non-joiner before this word, apply the 'Regular' character style." It worked!

[Jongware]

That will apply "Regular" even when in a bold heading. You don't need a second GREP. Use Jean-Claude's (clever!) and it'll not get applied when there is a non-joiner, period.

[winterm]

There's a simpler way, imo.

Strictly speaking, you can’t disable GREP for just one instance, but you can do this for a paragraph, without creating yet another style.
Put your text cursor in a paragraph which contains your word(s), go to ‘hamburger’ menu at the very right corner of Control panel (right after Quick Apply), select GREP Styles…, delete or disable the query you don’t want to be applied to that paragraph. Done.
Note: plus sign appears next to your para style name, showing there is an override.

[jctremblay]

Disabling GREP Style locally won’t help you if you have two instance, one that you want it Italics and one not. 🙂

[Jongware]

At the end, was that .. a smiley? It's gruesome. A square head with crooked teeth.

[winterm]

As I said - it's for whole paragraph. Some other suggestions here are about the same. For example, creating another para style. It's not clear from OP's query. IF you have only one instance, no need to make it more complex than it is. Anyway, always is good to know more than one way.

[Tom Du]

OMG! 😄