1 Reply Latest reply: Nov 1, 2010 2:22 PM by [Jongware] RSS

    replace all doesn't work in tables

    IowaBoy9 Community Member

      I have a document with many tables. I am using grep to replace returns that stand alone on a line in a cell. Here is the criteria:

       

      Grep

      Find what: ^\r

      Search: Document

       

      I am replacing with nothing.

       

      When I click on Change/Find, the routine works. It replaces the found return with nothing and successfully finds the next return, whether it is in a separate cell or a separate table. When I click on Change All, however, nothing happens.

       

      I am currently using InDesign CS3 ver 5.0.4.

       

      Is this something I am doing wrong or is it a bug of some kind?

       

      Terry

        • 1. Re: replace all doesn't work in tables
          [Jongware] Community Member

          This has been noticed before -- there are a couple of Find/Replaces (and if memory serves, they are all GREP replaces) where "Find" and "Change All" do something different. It's the same in CS4, and I don't think it has been "improved" in CS5.

           

          Try this instead: search for

           

          ^\r+

           

          and replace with nothing. That'll eat up all of the hard returns in one go.