Strange italic text when typing a colon

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September 21, 2019
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Hi there. Maybe someone could shed some light in this for me. I have a document I am working on (that was supplied to me) and whenever I type a colon, it seems to italicize the word before it. Specifically, when I type "For example" it's fine, but add a colon, it becomes "For example:" I'm attaching the screen shots to illustrate the issue as well. It's probably something basic I'm overlooking?

Thanks!

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Correct answer Frans v.d. Geest

Check for GREP or Nested styles in the paragraph style used.

Barb Binder

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Thanks for letting us know, Rick. I marked Frans' as correct, since he was the first to respond with the correct answer.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi Rick: We can see from your screen shots that the paragraph with the words "For example:", are using a paragraph style called B. (Actually, it shows B+, which means that there is an override on the B style.)

Assigning a different style from the list will likely solve this, or if B is the correct style name, you can redefine its behavior:

Right click B > Edit B
Click on Drop Caps and Nested Styles. Is there a style defined that assigns Italics through 1 colon? If so, delete it.
If not, click on Grep Styles (listed directly under Drop Caps & Nested Styles) and look for a similar option. Delete it.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

ricks35183463Author

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Thanks, everyone for the replies. The issue was in the GREP styles as several of you indicated. Problem solved. Thanks again for the help! - Rick

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Your first style use it feature to use next style in his settings. Something like this -

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