Well, Replace and Find Next is still easier than doing it completely
manually.

But would it work to search for underlined commas followed by a
non-underlined space? Hmm, that's technically not allowed. Replace all
underlined spaces with XXX, then de-underline all commas followed by a
space, then undo the XXX?

Obviously, once you work out the right combos you can record it as a macro.

Might also want to check out editorium.com, which has some tools for editors
cleaning up submissions, though not specifically legal. Might be worth
trying google, though.

Might want to study up on Wildcards and see if there is any way to use
them--perhaps Graham will be able to help out, if he sees your most recent
post. Lots of traffic over here...
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
If the legal case names are fairly regular that might help both the comma
and small caps issue.

DM


On 3/9/05 1:04 PM, "*((({" wrote:

Arrrgh --
Doing a find-replace to change italicized or underlined commas
to plain commas within legal cites will not work because legal cites
contain internal commas, which should remain italicized or underlined;
only the comma at the end of the legal cite must be in plain text.