I found the following GREP string to catch more addresses variations: ++ It will even pickup formats that do not have a standard prefixes, for example: w3. However, the problem is that it will also pickup any string that includes periods with the obvious culprits being email addresses, for example: I still haven't been able to figure out the negative/positive lookahead/lookbehind metacharacters to omit instances that include the symbol. Do you have a similar GREP for email addresses? Thanks.Įric, here is a 'Find What' string for email addresses that I picked up somewhere. Just what I needed to add links to a PDF I'm creating. Now, any time that you want to find and change URL's, you can just choose this name from the Query drop-down list, indicate the scope of the search, and click on the Find button. Click on the small disc icon at the top of the Find/Change dialog box, and give the Query a name. Enter whatever formatting you would like here, then click the OK button.ĥ.

Click on the More Options button, and then click on the magnifying glass icon next to the Change Format area. Copy the string below into the Change to: fieldĤ. Type the string below into the Find what: field (all on one line) Start InDesign, and choose Edit > Find/ChangeĢ. The procedure below will allow you to quickly search for all URL's (Web addresses) in your text, and format them as non-breaking, or blue, or whatever formatting you wish.ġ. I recently developed the following GREP string for a client, and thought I'd share it here, hoping you might find it useful or educational. GREP searches are great for making a computer recognize complex patterns. In a previous Blog entry I wrote about the GREP search capability in InDesign CS3.

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