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I need a Find and Replace to fix sentences that end with no space after the period.

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Jul 31, 2017 Jul 31, 2017

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I have an InDesign file where many sentences  are not separated.Like this. Can anyone help me?

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Mentor , Aug 01, 2017 Aug 01, 2017

Ah, no GREP - no fun

Alternatively, find any punctuation mark before the uppercase letter, and insert a space between them:

Find:

([[:punct:]])(\u)

Change to:

$1\s$2

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Aug 01, 2017 Aug 01, 2017

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moved to Indesign forum

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Aug 01, 2017 Aug 01, 2017

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Thank you.

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Aug 01, 2017 Aug 01, 2017

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The most logical fix would be to replace all periods with period+space, then remove any possible double spaces. Is there a reason why you can't do that?

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Mentor ,
Aug 01, 2017 Aug 01, 2017

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Ah, no GREP - no fun

Alternatively, find any punctuation mark before the uppercase letter, and insert a space between them:

Find:

([[:punct:]])(\u)

Change to:

$1\s$2

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Aug 01, 2017 Aug 01, 2017

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Thank you so much!...that solved the problem and instantly replace 300+ mistakes. Cheers Winterm!

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