You can use a wildcard replacement
(
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm).
Use the search term
([^13])([A-Za-z])
and the replacement term
\1^t\2
However, if what you're trying to achieve is an indent at the start of
each paragraph, then don't do it by adding a tab. Instead, modify the
paragraph style to include a first-line indent.
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On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:55:01 -0800, msnyc07
wrote:
I need to search and replace in a large document. I don't want to replace the
entire search term/expression just part of it. In this case I am searching
for a paragraph return followed by any letter (not digit) and then want to
change that to paragraph/tab but keep the letter. The search looks like this
^p^$
but naturally if replace is
^p^t
I lose the first letter of the text string which I don't want
How can I construct either search and replace so that
^p
Alexander
turns into
^p
^tAlexander
and not
^p
^tlexander
Thanks in advance!