Hello!
If I replace a character in front of a hyperlink with multiple characters using Find/Change, the hyperlink shifts.
Before:
After:
If only one character is replaced, no shift occurs. Tested with InDesign CS6, 2020 and 2021, MacOS.
Does anyone know a workaround for this?
Background:
Special characters are to be encoded in an InDesign document via script, which can then be replaced in the exported ePub.
Roland
This is clearly a bug. Did you report it? (https://indesign.uservoice.com)
There is a workaround though, you need InDesign 16.2.1 or later for that. It uses the fact that you can now insert text at an insertion point without making an actual replacement. It works like this. You need two passes:
Find what: (?=~m)
Change to: <#1#>
The Find what expression is just the lookahead, nothing else. The query says 'insert the tag before em-spaces'. The whole text tag stays out of the hyperlink.
Then delete the em-dash in a separate pass.
P.
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