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remove space before paragraph break

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January 5, 2018
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Hi,

what is the find and replace way to remove a space before a paragraph space?

Like when this happens:

Thank you

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Correct answer AnneMarie Concepcion

Removing those spaces is one of the 10 different Find/Change greps done by the free script bundled with InDesign, Find/Change By List. (Window > Utilities > Scripts). Faster than a speeding bullet!

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Mike Witherell

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I rewrote the Find / Change by List so that it doesn't disturb paragraph styles:

Mike's Find/Change By List 2017

You can download it for free from my resources page.

Mike Witherell

JonathanAriasAuthor

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got it!

AnneMarie Concepcion

Correct answer

Community Expert

Removing those spaces is one of the 10 different Find/Change greps done by the free script bundled with InDesign, Find/Change By List. (Window > Utilities > Scripts). Faster than a speeding bullet!

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JonathanAriasAuthor

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I believe i remember this one from you word to indesign workflow training in lynda.com.

I love your videos.

AnneMarie Concepcion

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Thank you!

Adobe fixed the FindChangeBuyList.txt file in CC2018, it no longer messes up paragraphs styles.

AM

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Or use the InDesign-provided GREP query—remove trailing whitespace. Preferable to me because it also picks up multiple spaces at the end, and extra ¶s.

\s+ (any white space, one or more)

$ (at the end of a paragraph)

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Bill Silbert

Community Expert

In the Find field type a space and ^p. In the Change field just type ^p.

Jongware

Community Expert

There have been reports that replacing returns in the regular text Find/Change may mess with applied paragraph styles – the return gets "removed", pastring paragraphs temporarily together, and then it gets reinserted in the Change To.

Is that solved in recent InDesigns?

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Laubender

Community Expert

https://forums.adobe.com/people/%5BJongware%5D wrote
There have been reports that replacing returns in the regular text Find/Change may mess with applied paragraph styles – the return gets "removed", pastring paragraphs temporarily together, and then it gets reinserted in the Change To.
Is that solved in recent InDesigns?

Hi Jongware,

it's not resolved. Did a simple test with CC 2018.

Before find/change: