wrote:
Incidentally, I find the search
and replace function in Word 2000 does not always do this
faultlessly, and I often have to manually tidy up.

The replace function does largely what you ask of it. You have to ask the
right questions
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

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