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Need help with a GREP expression

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Seems like this should be easy, but I've lost hours of my life to it already. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

 

The type examples:

 

Best bets for the weekend: This is a line of type, which follows a colon and ends in a period, question mark or exclamation mark. Could be more than one sentance. Details, Page 21

 

 

This is another example, which is not precede by a colon. It could be more than one sentence, which ends in a period, question mark or exclamation mark. Details, Page 21

 

 

I need a GREP expression that will:

 

-- When the type is begins with a colon precede (first example), apply a "bold" character style to the type up-to-and-including the colon. I'm defining a colon precede as type leading into an instance of a colon, followed by a space --- which occurs before any sentence-ending punctuation (., ?, !).

-- Will NOT apply the character style if there is not a colon precede (second example).

-- Will apply the same "bold" character style to the last sentance in the paragraph -- but only if that sentence does not end with punctuation. This will bold-face the page reference.

-- It would be preferable to incorporate this functionality into one paragraph style.

 

Thanks for any help.


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