Combine Preflight, GREP and Avellio

Prepare a representative pass

Give each tool a clear job: technical output checks, exact text searches and contextual composition evidence. Use a saved working copy, identify the intended active document, and check the inspection scope before interpreting a result. A profile is an inspection brief, not a command to repair the document.

Follow the workflow

Use the job’s InDesign Preflight profile for technical output requirements. Keep its requirements distinct from editorial and composition review.
Use Find/Change or GREP for an exact pattern you understand. Review scope, matches and replacement meaning before any batch operation.
Use Avellio to collect supported typography, style and composed-layout findings with explicit scope and policy.
Inspect a finding in the layout. A string match cannot by itself establish visual river geometry or whether a local override is intentional.
Make supported or manual corrections one decision at a time as appropriate. Recheck text meaning and downstream composition.
Finish with a current inspection, Preflight, a clean exported proof and human editorial/design review.

Read Typography advice before editing

Select a finding and read Found, Suggested when offered, and Text locale. Review in context gives guidance without a guessed replacement. Advice itself edits no text. Verify meaning, make a deliberate edit in InDesign if justified, then inspect again. Read the full recommendation workflow →

How to recognize a finished pass

Technical requirements and editorial decisions are both covered.
Search replacements preserve meaning and intended formatting.
The final output has been viewed independently of counters.

Where judgement matters

Avellio is not a replacement for proofreading or PDF conformance validation.
A successful search replacement does not establish complete document coverage.

Does a finding mean I must change the document?

No. Check intent, scope, current evidence and available actions. Retaining an intentional occurrence can be the correct decision. Record the supported review status when useful; it does not edit the source text.

Give each tool a job

InDesign Preflight: The job’s technical output requirements.
Find/Change and GREP: Explicit patterns and deliberately reviewed replacements.
Avellio: Supported style, typography and composed-layout evidence with stated scope.
Human review: Meaning, editorial intention, visual acceptance and the clean proof.