[Klaus Linke]

In Edit Find, you can also check the box for "Match wildcards" and then
use
Find what: [!^32]@^32[!^32]@ing
Replace with: ^&
(and then click "Replace all").

The Find expression won't just match verbs though, but will also find "mean
something" and any other two words where the second ends with "ing"!

^32 is the code for a space. You could also type in a space instead.
[!^32]@ or [! ]@ matches a bunch of characters that are not spaces.
matches the start of a word, the end.

Regards,
Klaus


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:
Do you mean something like "dog walking:? If so, try looking for dog *ing.

There is no real code needed to count the number of times. Do a find and
replace with the word in both places. Replace all - it will tell you how
many times it "replaced" it.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"froggfeathers" wrote in message
...
I need to find all occurrences of the word was followed by any word ending
with ing. When I find (was *ing) I get long blocks of text that don't
help
me. Can I limit this search to only two words, the word was followed
directly by *ing?

Also, while I am at it, what is the code to find a word and replace it
with
the same word so I can get a count of how many occurrences of a word I
have
in a document.

Thanks in advance!