Become a Regular Einstein!
Genius-level Search-and-Replace Strategies
Thursday, April 24
Intermediate/Advanced Pre-conference Workshop
with Michele Combs
Add extra spring to your indexing or editing step! Regular expressions (regex) are a powerful tool for manipulating text, from changing capitalization to fixing punctuation to flipping the order of words.
Regular expressions let you make search-and-replace your superpower. Add or remove formatting like bold or italics, turn a lengthy bibliography into a list of names suitable for import into your indexing software, and much much more.
During this hands-on session you will be introduced to the world of regular expressions, from the simple to the complex, and have the opportunity to explore and practice through hands-on activities. Attendees should bring a laptop with Microsoft Word installed.
In this three-hour workshop, you will
- Understand what regular expressions are and what they can (and can’t) do for you as an indexer
- Become familiar with the various types of regular expressions and how they are represented
- Learn how to use regular expressions to apply, remove, or change text formatting including bold and italic
- See how to use regular expressions to flip or rearrange words and phrases
- Learn how to add, remove, or change layout features such as line breaks, spacing, tabs
Useful for beginner, intermediate, and experienced indexers, this three-hour hands-on workshop can help indexers increase productivity in their daily work.
Michele Combs is a freelance indexer and editor, with more than 25 years experience in indexing, editing, XML encoding, text massage, and data wrangling. She is Lead Archivist at Syracuse University’s Special Collections Research Center, and past president of the American Society for Indexing.
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Early Registration (thru April 16) Member $109 Non-member $159 |
Late Registration (April 17–21) Member $129 Non-member $179 |
Cancellation Policy for Regular Expressions Workshop
There is a $25 processing fee for cancellation by April 11, 2025.
There is a $50 processing fee per registration for cancellation April 12–19, 2025.
No refunds can be given after April 20, 2025.