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2. Add Challenge/Solution content and clean formatting

Repeat these steps for every challenge/solution/finding in the document.

1. Add content

  1. Copy all of the content for a challenge/solution/finding from the Google Doc file. 

  2. Using the Text tool, place the cursor into the text frame on the corresponding Challenge/Solution page.

  3. Select all of the placeholder text [Cmd/Ctrl-A]

  4. Paste the new text in its place [Cmd/Ctrl-V]

Clean

2. contentFormat formatting

text
  1. Use Edit > Find/Change... to automatically format the text.

About Find/Change...

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  1. Access built-in and saved queries
  2. Switch this to Text when entering new searches
  3. Type search text here
  4. Select Story to change every instance in the pasted chunk
  5. Select paragraph and character styles here
  6. Save searches to access in other documents if desired
    1. Built-in Queries:
      • Remove Trailing Whitespace [Deletes empty paragraphs and spaces at the end of paragraphs.]
      • Multiple Space to Single Space
    2. SelectCustom Queries
      1. Change placeholder content to !Pink-edits needed Character Style
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        • on page
      2. Apply Block Quote Paragraph Style to participant quotes
      3. Apply DORIS Insight Heading Paragraph Style to DORIS Insights

     

    Manually format text

    Use shortcuts to apply common Paragraph + Character Styles.

    The most common Paragraph and Character Styles have keyboard shortcuts that make changing styles more efficient. All of the Textshortcuts tabare a combination of Option/Alt and a number or letter. 

    Paragraph Styles

    • Basic Content: Option/Alt+C
    • Bulleted list: Option/Alt+L
    • Numbered List - Simple: Option/Alt+N
    • Subheading (H2): Option/Alt+2
    • Subheading (H3): Option/Alt+3
    • Block Quote: Option/Alt+Q

    Character Styles

    • !Pink-edits needed: Option/Alt+P
    • None: Option/Alt+0
    Use the Paragraph + Character Styles Panels to make other format changes.