Re: Re: Script to find word stacks in InDesign

Hi sandy8000,

for your question

Three or more of the same word or characters stacked at the beginning or ending of lines.

this should works for you (use a character style with a different color):

//FindChangeDoublesAtBeginAndEnd.jsx
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '^(\\w+ )\\1+\\b';
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = '';
app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = 'Your predefined character style';
app.changeGrep();

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '( \\w+)\\1+\\b(?=[[:punct:]]?$)';
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = '';
app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = 'Your predefined character style';
app.changeGrep();

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

Have fun

If not, give us a text example, please.