Question

I need help with a GREP expression to find and replace a variable group of words.
The sentence always starts with the same two words (Bold italicized) and always ends with a (colon), but the bit in the middle varies.
So I need to search for:

Bold italicized then any string of words then :

ie. starts with “Bold italicized”, then any group of words, ends with “:”

For example:

Bold italicized May 6, 2010:

I will then apply some formatting to that text.
Thank you.

Answer 1

This should do it, although this is a pretty simple one, so it seems like you should have been able to come up with this yourself, even as a beginner.

^Bold italicized.+?:

If you want to learn a little bit more about how to use GREP, I would recommend the InDesign GREP reference.