Auto insertion of and

Question

Hello
A while ago I asked if it was possible to auto insert ® and ™ in a document. Peter kindly gave me the following script:
1. Open all documents that need to be checked.
2. Then open a document with the list of names, each name followed either bt (tm) or (r), e.g.
Adobe®
InDesign™
One name per line, each name followed by a symbol.
3. Run this script -- which works in CS3 and later:
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
var list = app.selection[0].parentStory.contents.split ("\r");
for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i++)
  var name = list[i].slice (0,-1);
  var marker = list[i].slice (-1);
  for (var j = 0; j < app.documents.length; j++)
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = name + "(?!" + marker + ")";
    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = name+marker;
    app.documents[j].changeGrep()
Peter This worked fine but the list of words requiring a ® or ™ has grown. We now have a series of words that require a ® or ™. For example, say the word
dave originally needed a ® but now the words dave smith need a ® too. Using the current script above the first mention of dave is fine but when it
comes to dave smith i get the following result: dave® smith® when I really want this: dave smith®
We have a large catalogue to produce and manually searching for a list of ® and ™ takes a very long time so automation appears to be the way to go.
Thanks for your time and help!
Gary

Answer 1

Hi Peter
I have tried this but it doesn't quite work. I have set up a some test files. In my source list i have:
hello®
In my destination file I have:
HELLO
hELLO
When I run the script I get the following result:
Hello®
hello®
The script is actually changing the case of some of the characters. We need it to not change any of the characters but recognise the word and add the ™ or ®. We need it to give the following result:
HELLO®
hELLO®
This is how the script looks now:
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.strikeThru = false;
app.changeGrepPreferences.strikeThru = true;
var list = app.selection[0].parentStory.contents.split ("\r");
for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i++)
  var name = list[i].slice (0,-1);
  var marker = list[i].slice (-1);
  for (var j = 1; j < app.documents.length; j++)
   app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(?i)" + name + "(?!" + marker + ")";
    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = name+marker;
    app.documents[j].changeGrep();
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.strikeThru = true;
app.changeGrepPreferences.strikeThru = false;
for (var j = 1; j < app.documents.length; j++)
    app.documents[j].changeGrep();
Thanks
Gary