Monthly Archives: February 2012

GREP was staring me in the eye

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Brian Lawler

I was sitting here looking at the search string I posted in yesterday’s blog, and realized that the solution to my problem was staring me in the eye. The string I posted yesterday was for forcing ALL CAPS into lower-case. … Continue reading →

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More on my obsession with GREP

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Brian Lawler

In a blog post a few days back, I was confounded by the problem of converting ALL CAPS into lower case letters. Using a Javascript that I licensed from a Danish programmer, I was able to make the case change, … Continue reading →

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InDesign CS5.5 – Upgrade or downgrade?

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Brian Lawler

I upgraded to Creative Suite 5.5 in the fall, and was disappointed in Adobe for charging for a full upgrade when they hadn’t really upgraded any of the applications except InDesign. I needed to make the upgrade in order to … Continue reading →

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Another GREPping story

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Brian Lawler

For those stalwart folks who follow this blog, you know that I am a GREP enthusiast. I use it as often as possible; I treat it as mental calisthenics; I look for opportunities to GREP my way out of every … Continue reading →

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Father-son bonding experience, part III

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Brian Lawler

I’ve been back from the Bosque del Apache and the Very Large Array for ten days now, and (other than the temperature) I miss it. The Bosque is a magical place, with photo opportunities galore. Bird watchers take flight in … Continue reading →

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