Adobe 65009333 User Guide - Page 123

USING INCOPY CS4 117 Text Expression Single-line on (?s) Single-line off Repeat number of times { } Search string Sample text (?s)c.a abc abc abc abc The searches for any character ( . ) between the letters c and a. The (?s) expression matches any character, even if it falls on the next line. (.) matches anything other than a paragraph return. (?s)(.) matches anything, including paragraph returns. (?-s)c.a abc abc abc abc b{3} matches exactly 3 times b(3,} matches at least 3 times abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc b{3,}? matches at least 3 times (shortest match) b{2,3} matches at least 2 times and not more than 3 b{2,3}? matches at least 2 times and not more than 3 (shortest match) Matches (in bold) abc abcabc abc abc abc abc abc abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc abbc abbbc abbbbc abbbbbc Metacharacters for searching Metacharacters represent a character or symbol in InDesign. Metacharacters in the Text section of the Find/Change dialog box begin with a caret (^); metacharacters in the GREP section begin with a tilde (~) or backslash (\). You can type metacharacters in the Text tab or GREP tab of the Find/Change dialog box. Save time fixing punctuation errors by saving search strings as queries. Character: Tab Character End of Paragraph Forced Line Break Any Page Number Current Page Number Next Page Number Previous Page Number * Any Variable Section Marker * Anchored Object Marker * Footnote Reference Marker * Index Marker Bullet Character Caret Character Backslash Character Text tab metacharacter: ^t ^p ^n ^# ^N ^X ^V ^v ^x ^a ^F ^I ^8 ^^ \ GREP tab metacharacter: \t \r \n ~# ~N ~X ~V ~v ~x ~a ~F ~I ~8 \^ \\ Updated 29 April 2009