How to Find\Change 2 things into 1, in one action

[haim6130]

Hi,

I want to change any multiple spaces and any tabs, to a single space.

the GREP code for multiple spaces is "  +" and for tab is "^t", there is any way to combine these in a single GREP line, or I need to do 2 separate actions?

To make the question simple: How can I find and change the letters "A" and "B", to "C" in one action?

There is a code that combine characters? Something like this?

Thanks a lot!

Haim

[winterm]

In F/C dialog GREP tab:

Find what:

\h+

Change to:

\s

This will change any combination of horizontal space(s) (incl. tabs) into one single space.

[Jongware]

The code for a single tab is not ^t -- that is the code for a tab in the regular Find/Change, not in GREP. The proper code for a tab is \t.

To combine several possible characters into one 'find' code, use a Character Set: [xyz] will look for one of 'x', 'y', or 'z'. You can also include predefined sets into this, so [\u1] will look for any single uppercase character OR the digit '1'. Your example for 'A' and 'B' would be

[AB]

and for 'any space OR any tab' you'd use

[\t ]

(where there is a space before the end ]).

See the online help for more about the supported GREP codes: Find/Change text in InDesign

[haim6130]

Thanks a lot guys,

winterm - it didn't work for me. I'm working on CS5, if it matters.

Jongware - I need to replace all the spaces and tabs that founds at the beginning of a paragraph, with nothing (delete them).

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

^\h+

(^/)

[haim6130 · Accepted solution]

Okay, I found it - thanks to your help:

^[\t ]+

Thanks again guys!

[rob day]

Obi's ^\h+ will find any white space, (i.e., non breaking spaces, en space, em space, etc.).

^[\t ]+ will only find tabs and multiple normal spaces, so below it would find the space in front of paragraph 1 but not paragraph 2

[haim6130]

Thanks,

For me - ^[\t ]+ found all the multiple spaces and tabs at the beginning of every paragraph in the document, and remove them. that's what i needed.