GREP Symbols versus Find/Change Metacharacters InDesign CS3

Description GREP Text Quotation Marks GREP Text End of Paragraph.................................................$

Tab ........................................................................... \t ................. ^t Any Double Quotation Marks ......................... “ .................. “ Repeat GREP Text
Forced Line Break ...............................................\n ............... ^n Any Single Quotation Marks ........................... ‘ ....................‘ Zero Or One Time................................................ ?
End of Paragraph ................................................ \r ................ ^p Straight Double Quotation Marks “ ............ ~” ................ ^” Zero Or More Times............................................ *
Double Left Quotation Marks “ .....................~{ ................ ^{ One Or More Times............................................ +
Symbols GREP Text Double Right Quotation Marks “ ..................~} ................ ^}
Bullet Character • ............................................... ~8............... ^8 Zero Or One Time (Shortest Match) ............ ??
Straight Single Quotation Mark ‘ .................. ~’ ................ ^’ Zero Or More Times (Shortest Match) ........ *?
Carat Character ^ .............................................. \^ ............... ^^ Single Left Quotation Mark ‘ ..........................~[ ................ ^[
Backslash Character \ ........................................ \\ .................. \ One Or More Times (Shortest Match) ........ +?
Single Right Quotation Mark ’ .......................~] ................ ^]
Copyright Symbol © ......................................... ~2............... ^2 Match GREP Text
Ellipsis … .............................................................. ~e ............... ^e Break Character GREP Text Marking Subexpression ................................... ()
Paragraph Symbol ¶ ......................................... ~7............... ^7 Standard Carriage Return............................... ~b .............. ^b Non-Marking Subexpression ........................ (?:)
Registered Trademark Symbol ® .................. ~r ................ ^r Column Break .................................................... ~M ............. ^M Character Set ....................................................... []
Section Symbol §............................................... ~6............... ^6 Frame Break ........................................................ ~R............... ^R Or............................................................................... |
Trademark Symbol ™ ....................................... ~d............... ^d Page Break ........................................................... ~P............... ^P Positive Lookbehind ......................................(?<=)
Open Parenthesis (............................................. \( .................. ( Odd Page Break ................................................. ~L ............... ^L Negative Lookbehind .................................... (?<!)
Closed Parenthesis ) .......................................... \) .................. ) Even Page Break ................................................ ~E............... ^E Positive Lookahead ......................................... (?=)
Open Brace Character { .................................... \{ .................. { Discretionary Line Break ................................. ~k ............... ^k Negative Lookahead ........................................ (?!)
Closed Brace Character } .................................. \} .................. } Variable GREP Text Modifiers GREP Text
Open Bracket Character [ ................................ \[ .................. [ Any Variable ........................................................ ~v ............... ^v Case-Insensitive On .......................................... (?i)
Closed Bracket Character ] .............................. \] .................. ] Running Header (Paragraph Style) ............. ~Y............... ^Y Case-Insensitive Off ......................................... (?-i)
Markers GREP Text Running Header (Character Style) .............. ~Z............... ^Z Multiline On....................................................... (?m)
Any Page Number ............................................. ~# ............... ^# Custom Text ........................................................ ~u............... ^u Multiline Off ...................................................... (?-m)
Current Page Number ..................................... ~N .............. ^N Last Page Number............................................. ~T............... ^T Single-Line On ................................................... (?s)
Next Page Number ........................................... ~X .............. ^X Chapter Number................................................ ~H .............. ^H Single-Line Off ................................................... (?-s)
Previous Page Number ................................... ~V............... ^V Creation Date......................................................~O .............. ^O Ignore Whitespace On....................................(?w)
Section Marker ................................................... ~x ............... ^x Modification Date ............................................. ~o............... ^o Ignore Whitespace Off .................................. (?-w)
Anchored Object Marker ................................ ~a ............... ^a Output Date ........................................................ ~D .............. ^D
File Name ............................................................. ~1............... ^1 Change To Other GREP Text
Footnote Reference Marker........................... ~F ............... ^F Clipboard Contents, Formatted ................... ~c
Index Reference Marker ................................... ~I ................ ^I Other GREP Text Clipboard Contents, Unformatted .............. ~C
Hyphens and Dashes GREP Text Right Indent Tab ................................................ ~y ............... ^y
Indent To Here .................................................... ~i ................ ^i Change To Found GREP Text
Em Dash ................................................................ ~_ ............... ^_ Found Text........................................................... $0
En Dash ................................................................. ~= .............. ^= End Nested Style Here ..................................... ~h .............. ^h
Non-Joiner ............................................................ ~j ................ ^j Found 1 ................................................................. $1
Discretionary Hyphen .......................................~- ................ ^- Found 2 ................................................................. $2
Nonbreaking Hyphen ...................................... ~~ .............. ^~ Wildcards GREP Text Found 3 ................................................................. $3
White Space GREP Text Any Digit ................................................................\d ............... ^d Found 4 ................................................................. $4
Em Space ............................................................. ~m ............. ^m Any Letter........................................................... [\l\u] ............ ^$ Found 5 ................................................................. $5
En Space ............................................................... ~> .............. ^> Any Character ....................................................... . ..................^? Found 6 ................................................................. $6
Flush Space ...........................................................~f ................ ^f Any White Space ................................................ \s ............... ^w Found 7 ................................................................. $7
Hair Space ............................................................. ~| ................ ^| Any Word Character ......................................... \w Found 8 ................................................................. $8
Nonbreaking Space .......................................... ~S ............... ^S Any Lowercase Letter ....................................... \l Found 9 ................................................................. $9
Nonbreaking Space (Fixed Width) .............. ~s ................^s Any Uppercase Letter .......................................\u
Thin Space ........................................................... ~< .............. ^< Locations GREP Text
Figure Space........................................................ ~/ ................ ^/ Beginning of Word ........................................... \<
Punctuation Space............................................. ~. ................ ^. End of Word ........................................................ \> Michael S. Witherell
Third Space .......................................................... ~3............... ^3 Word Boundary ...................................................\b Adobe Certified Expert
Sixth Space ......................................................... ~% ..............^% Beginning of Paragraph ................................... ^ [email protected]