[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You must enter into the Replace box exactly what it is that you want to be
used as the replacement

Though, you could have used

([ ]{4}) [0-9]{2}

in the Find what control and then

\1\1 a

in the Replace with control

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Ed from AZ" wrote in message
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I tried a wildcard Find/Replace:
-- Find: 5 spaces, any combination of 2 numbers, a period
( {5,})[0-9]{2,}.
-- Replace: 9 spaces, then "a."
( {9})a.

Find worked. Replace gave me: " {9}a."

I gave up trying to code it and just typed 9 spaces! 8/
Is there something special I needed to do in the Replace box?

Ed