I took this to be one space rather five characters in from rather than five
spaces directly in front, in which case a wildcard search for

(?????[ASetv]{2,3}.)
replace with
space\1

where space is one press of the spacebar

will insert a space five characters before St. or Ave.

See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Search for " St." and replace with " St." Same for " Ave."


"dk" wrote in message
...
our question is for 1 space in a whole document 5 characters before
the word St. Or Ave.
"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi ?B?ZGs=?=,

how can we insert a space 5 characters before the word St. Or Ave.

Position the cursor before St. or Ave. then press the spacebar five
times.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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