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: Nested style InDesign I want to create a nested style, which I could apply to all of the first uppercase letters within the paragraph. For example: "Joe goes to school. Lara works at home.

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I want to create a nested style, which I could apply to all of the first uppercase letters within the paragraph. For example: "Joe goes to school. Lara works at home. George sleeps a lot". I want those first uppercase letters "J", "L", "G" to be different, want to add some rule which will not apply to other letters in that first word of the sentence.

How can I set that style? I've already created the character style which I want, but I can't figure out the rule of the nested style.

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@Heady304

Here's a global way to achieve the desired effect without the need to build styles. If you want to control the relationship between capital and lower case letters in small caps, you can go to Edit>Preferences>Advanced Type> and edit the Small Cap % value. This is a global change that will affect the entire document.

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@Cofer715

Use a GREP style instead of a nested style. In the Paragraph Style Options, select GREP Style. Apply your character style where it says "Apply Style:" Set "To text:" to <u. Make sure ligatures are turned off or it will apply to second letters where ligatures are applied.

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