It works. I thought I already tried this but it didn't work before. The guys on this forum obviously have "green fingers"...
Just one small problem though... I used the Emphasis character style. I tried to apply "As is" to all the formatting of Emphasis, and then to set it to italics, but it didn't "stick". So when I then applied the Emphasis style to a title, for example, it changed the font of the word Acme to whatever size and color Emphasis is, which in my case, is italicized body text. >> As for applying italics without a character format, I think most would agree that this is a Bad Thing. I agree that this is not professional, but if I do it this way then at least I don't get the problem I get when I use a character style (Emphasis) above. Thanks, avi On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Shuttleworth, Roger < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Avraham > > To apply the character format: > 1. Create the format and apply it to a text range. > 2. Select the formatted text and go to Edit->Copy Special->Character > format. > 3. Do a search and replace for your company name. In the Change field, > select By pasting. This applies the character format that you copied > previously. > > As for applying italics without a character format, I think most would > agree that this is a Bad Thing. It's certainly not allowed in our office. I > don't think you can automate it. > > No idea about Rick's script, but I expect he will chime in. > > Regards, > > Roger Shuttleworth > London, Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Avraham Makeler > Sent: October 22, 2009 11:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Find <text> Apply <tag> > > Hi all, > I need a simple Find-Replace operation, which I thought I asked about once > before ... but not quite. > > I now need to look for all instances of the company's name, e.g., Acme, and > apply a character style to it. > > And if I am already asking, how would I apply italics to the text, instead > of applying a character style? > > I have looked at a number of articles about doing Find-Replace with tags > but > they all seem to discuss how to change one tag to another, or how to change > local formatting to a tag, and not how to look for text and apply to it a > tag or formatting. > > I saw somebody recommended Rick Quattro's Find-Replace plug-in. I couldn't > find it. Does anybody have a link to this? > > TIA > > - avi > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as [email protected]. > > Send list messages to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/roger_shuttleworth%40tvworks.com > > Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
