GREP in InDesign CS3
by Peter Kahrel

This is a list of the corrections made in the 2/11/08 Short Cut update.

Here's a key to the markup:
        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
        ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification

This page was updated June 6, 2008.


Corrected errors:

(6) First line in point E:
Change "to futher specify" to "to further specify".


(16) line 2:
Change "with a number followed by a dot" to "with a number, optionally followed by a dot, followed by white space".


(16) line 6:
Change "a sequence of retrurns" to "a sequence of returns".


(18) third line in penultimate paragraph:
change b[aeiou+]l to b[aeiou]+l


(21) First line of first full paragraph:
Change "The first vowel wildcard..." to "The vowel wildcard..."


(21) third line in penultimate paragraph:
Change (d\d) to (\d\d)
This occurs twice on this page, please change both instances.


(25) paragraph starting "As you can see", last line but one:
Change "to L or T" to "to -L or -T"


(29) The third find what expression:
Change

(\d[a-z])-([a-z])\b

to:

(\d?[a-z])-([a-z])\b

(30) Third line from bottom:
Change "or at at rate its first syllable" to "or at anyrate its first syllable"


(31) Last line:
Change "with a space between the number and the body" to "followed by some white space, followed by some text"


(34) Just above "SmallCaps Revisited" subhead:

Please correct me if I'm wrong (I'd love for this to work!)

The manual says Change to: <set kerning in Change Format>

By this, I assume they mean to not type anything in the Change to: field, but
to use the formatting palette below. However, there is no way that I know of to
apply a specific kerning value in the find/change format dialog. All you can do
is specify the kerning method (optical, metrics, or none).

If you know a way to apply a specific kerning value with the change dialog,
please tell me! It would really be useful to me

(35) Second line in paragraph headed "Italicize Letters Following a Year":
Change "thease" to "these"


(37) First line:
Change "end of a sentence" to "end of a line"


(39) First code example in "Advanced Techniques":
Change

(\[)?quick(?(\1)\])

to

(\[)?quick(?(1)\])


(40) Second paragraph in "Chaining expressions":
After "replacements", before ". Then there are four ...", insert this text:

(lines preceded by \\ are comments; they have no effect on the script and could be omitted)