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This character ends the nested style at that point, regardless of the nested style definition.

Remove the formatting of a nested style

In the Drop Caps And Nested Styles dialog box, or in the Drop Caps And Nested Styles section of the Paragraph Style Options dialog box,
select the nested style and click Delete.

Apply a different paragraph style.

Create GREP styles

GREP is an advanced, pattern-based search technique. You can use GREP styles to apply a character style to text that conforms to the GREP
expression you specify. For example, suppose you want to apply a character style to all the phone numbers in text. When you create a GREP
style, you select the character style and specify the GREP expression. All paragraph text that matches the GREP expression is formatted with the
character style.

Using GREP style to format phone numbers with a character style
A. Character style B. GREP expression

David Blatner provides real-world examples of GREP styles at

5 Cool Things You Can Do with GREP Styles

. Cari Jansen provides a four-part

series about GREP styles that begins at

Introducing GREP Styles

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1. Do one of the following:

To apply GREP styling to individual paragraphs, select the paragraphs and choose Grep Styles from the Paragraph or Control panel
menu.

To use GREP styles in a paragraph style, create or edit a paragraph style, and click the GREP Styling tab on the left side of the
Paragraph Style Options dialog box.

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