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InDesign - Characters count excluding spaces

Community Beginner ,
Apr 29, 2021 Apr 29, 2021

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Dear all,

 

I would like to ask you if there is any chance how to find out characters count excluding spaces in InDesign. The characters count under Window - Information provides info about counting with spaces.

I know that MS Word can count characters with and without spaces. Can I find it out in ID as well?

 

Thank you for your help,

 

Tom

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Community Expert , Apr 29, 2021 Apr 29, 2021

You could use the Find/Change dialog for this. In the Grep tab use the following

Find What

([^\s])

Change To

$1

And then choose "Change All", it will prompt you the no of replacements made and that is the count of non space characters.

-Manan

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You could use the Find/Change dialog for this. In the Grep tab use the following

Find What

([^\s])

Change To

$1

And then choose "Change All", it will prompt you the no of replacements made and that is the count of non space characters.

-Manan

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Dear Manan,

 

Thank you very much for your reply. It works great, you saved lots of my time copying from ID to MS Word.

 

Tom

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