Adobe 65009333 - InCopy CS4 - PC Using Manual page 123

Expression Search string
Single-line on (?s)c.a
(?s) 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.
Single-line off (?-s)c.a
Repeat number of b{3} matches exactly 3 times
times
b(3,} matches at least 3 times
{ }
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)
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
Sample text
abc abc abc abc
abc abc abc abc
abbc abbbc abbbbc
abbbbbc
Text tab metacharacter:
^t
^p
^n
^#
^N
^X
^V
^v
^x
^a
^F
^I
^8
^^
\
Updated 29 April 2009
USING INCOPY CS4
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
GREP tab metacharacter:
\t
\r
\n
~#
~N
~X
~V
~v
~x
~a
~F
~I
~8
\^
\\
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