Find paragraph with only one line - footnotes also

MMayer

Hi,

First, we need to thank Ariel. He saved us hours and hours of work! His amazing scripts and custom scripts are being used on a daily basis.

Now I'm looking for a script or grep to find a paragraph with only one line, as well as one line in footnotes, and change it to another style. It should search the paragraph style with one line and change it to another style.

Ariel

Thanks MMayer!
I couldn't find one. It should be a pretty simple script to write. I'll try to write a quick blog post with the answer, b"n...

Ariel

Here you go: https://www.id-extras.com/find-change-based-on-line-count/

davidmillerda

Ariel Thank you for providing this resource.

MMayer

amazing thanks so much !!

MMayer

its not working by me

MMayer

somehow it does nothing

Ariel

Can you post a screenshot of your find/change settings?

MMayer

it does nothing by me

MMayer

its blank

MMayer

MMayer
Hi ariel
i just tried again and it does works amazingly
thanks again

Ariel

Have you read the instructions at the bottom of the script page? It says that you have to set up a find/change query, e.g., find whatever paragraph style you want, and change to a different style.

Ariel

Ah, good!

MMayer

Hi ariel
i see now i start to use the new indesign
and when running the script, it will also apply right to the next paragraph after that one line paragraph, very interesting, any help?

Ariel

I'm not sure what you mean.
Could you upload a screenshot of (1) Your GREP search, and (2) the text in the document that you're referring to (including hidden characters and showing text frames).
Thanks!

MMayer

Ariel

And what number did you insert in the script, near where it says "MODIFY THIS NUMBER"?

MMayer

(1)

MMayer

hi
did you had a chance to check on this?