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First of all, I am NOT our script writer/programmer, so please bear with me. He is rather busy at the moment, so I'm trying to see if I can easily find the answer to this without getting him involved...
We've been running into a bunch of text files (mostly Word) that, when placed, import the LSEP character - which WILL print if not removed.
We can select one, then find/change within the ID find/change dialog easily. It seems to be a glyph character created from HTML code. However, we script most of our file placement and preformatting, so is there a piece of code we can use to do this through scripting - not manually through the find/change dialog? If you try to script using the unicode (U+2028), it searches for an infinite symbol ∞.
Below is a sample of what we're running into:
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• Excellence in academic endeavors
• Integration of life and learning
• Respect and concern for all persons
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Any help would be appreciated and sorry for my lack of scripting knowledge!
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I don't see that character in your screenshot (but maybe the problem is that it's invisible – then "yes! I can see it!").
InDesign comes with a standard script that can do a series of finds and changes: FindChangeByList.jsx. You only have to add your find/change to its data file.
But it is total overkill to use that script (or, as you are requesting, asking someone to write a new one) for just one single Find and Change operation. Do it once manually, then store it in the Find/Change presets list.
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I pasted in the text last time. Here's a screenshot, so you can see what I'm talking about. This is from the Word file - and they are definitely NOT invisible!
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Hi,
I think this problem came up in the forum at least once:
Re: Hidden Character not displaying?
Regards,
Uwe