To start, I would use a text editor like Notepad++ to search for Ventura's tags and replace them with Indesign Tagged Text markup. But if it were me, I would want to prep my text in between Ventura and Indesign (as Mike mentioned) so I could bring finished text into Indesign. That doesn't mean you can't use Find/Replace, or even GREP Find/Replace to search for and replace with Indesign paragraph styles. GREP styles could find them and format them, but they would still display. You're going to have that need to be changed into Indesign styles. This formats the digits, but it doesn't make the digits go away. So, for example, you can build a GREP style into a paragraph style that says that anytime Indesign finds a sequence of 3 digits followed by a hyphen followed by 4 digits (000-0000, basically a 7-digit phone number) it should be displayed in bold. GREP styles automatically apply a character style to certain kinds of text. So again, do obtain a sample VP tagged text file so you can see how it works.ġ) I don't think GREP styles are going to help you. Redefining those styles to what the VP or web site shows will be resusable in subsequent tagged text translations and once those styles are made, importing your translated tagged text files will result in an ID formatted file. But that too is easy in that good text editor that will become your friend.Īn import of such a tagged text file will create paragraph styles with the Basic style definition. Likely for the Body Text style you will need to actually add the style definition, I always have had to. What you will find in comparing the two tagged text files in a good text editor is that you can, via PERL expressions (which takes a good text editor), to reformat the Ventura style tags to that ID can use.

And export ID's tagged text in the non-verbose version. Do note that you do not need ID's style definitions. One is to obtain a copy of a VP tagged text export and compare it to one from ID. Ventura also doesn't export the actual styling information. VP's tagged text more resembles QXP's in their simplicity.

Going from publisher to indesign