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"FIND & REPLACE" CAN'T FIND OR REPLACE
TRYING TO SET UP FILES FOR THE NEW YEAR...
SO THE DOCUMENT IS FORMATTED AS FILE FOLDER LABELS (AVERY 8366) AND I WANT TO REPLACE ALL THE 2006's WITH 2007's. WHEN I PULL UP THE FIND /REPLACE WINDOW, CLEAR EVERYTHING SO ITS WORKING WITH A CLEAN SLATE, TYPE 2006 IN THE 'FIND' BOX THEN CLICK FIND NEXT AND IT TELLS ME THE SEARCH ITEM WAS NOT FOUND. THERE'S A WHOLE FRICKIN PAGE FULL OF 2006'S!! WHAT GIVES???? WHY CAN'T IT FIND THEM?....don't dare ask it to replace yet cuz it can't even FIND 'em!! |
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"FIND & REPLACE" CAN'T FIND OR REPLACE
Dear,
Firstly, is a very bad idea to use CAPS in your messages. It sounds like you are shouting. About your issue: Copy any instance of the 2006 from your document and then paste it in the Find dialoquebox. Perhaps are not zeros, but O (like Olive). George Ο χρήστης "FRUSTRATED AGAIN!!" *γγραψε: TRYING TO SET UP FILES FOR THE NEW YEAR... SO THE DOCUMENT IS FORMATTED AS FILE FOLDER LABELS (AVERY 8366) AND I WANT TO REPLACE ALL THE 2006's WITH 2007's. WHEN I PULL UP THE FIND /REPLACE WINDOW, CLEAR EVERYTHING SO ITS WORKING WITH A CLEAN SLATE, TYPE 2006 IN THE 'FIND' BOX THEN CLICK FIND NEXT AND IT TELLS ME THE SEARCH ITEM WAS NOT FOUND. THERE'S A WHOLE FRICKIN PAGE FULL OF 2006'S!! WHAT GIVES???? WHY CAN'T IT FIND THEM?....don't dare ask it to replace yet cuz it can't even FIND 'em!! |
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"FIND & REPLACE" CAN'T FIND OR REPLACE
Also, click on the More button on the find/replace dialoque box and uncheck
any check fields. George Ο χρήστης "FRUSTRATED AGAIN!!" *γγραψε: TRYING TO SET UP FILES FOR THE NEW YEAR... SO THE DOCUMENT IS FORMATTED AS FILE FOLDER LABELS (AVERY 8366) AND I WANT TO REPLACE ALL THE 2006's WITH 2007's. WHEN I PULL UP THE FIND /REPLACE WINDOW, CLEAR EVERYTHING SO ITS WORKING WITH A CLEAN SLATE, TYPE 2006 IN THE 'FIND' BOX THEN CLICK FIND NEXT AND IT TELLS ME THE SEARCH ITEM WAS NOT FOUND. THERE'S A WHOLE FRICKIN PAGE FULL OF 2006'S!! WHAT GIVES???? WHY CAN'T IT FIND THEM?....don't dare ask it to replace yet cuz it can't even FIND 'em!! |
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"FIND & REPLACE" CAN'T FIND OR REPLACE
Thanks George !! That did the trick! Funny thing is when i pasted one of
the 2006's from the document into the "find" box it displayed as 4 "wingdings" and not numbers at all. No wonder it couldn't find numeric 2006. But now I have to wonder how/why the wingdings and not numbers........ Anyway, Thanks again. Much better than Frustrated again!! (and I'm not "shouting" anymore see...???) "George" wrote: Dear, Firstly, is a very bad idea to use CAPS in your messages. It sounds like you are shouting. About your issue: Copy any instance of the 2006 from your document and then paste it in the Find dialoquebox. Perhaps are not zeros, but O (like Olive). George Ο χρήστης "FRUSTRATED AGAIN!!" *γγραψε: TRYING TO SET UP FILES FOR THE NEW YEAR... SO THE DOCUMENT IS FORMATTED AS FILE FOLDER LABELS (AVERY 8366) AND I WANT TO REPLACE ALL THE 2006's WITH 2007's. WHEN I PULL UP THE FIND /REPLACE WINDOW, CLEAR EVERYTHING SO ITS WORKING WITH A CLEAN SLATE, TYPE 2006 IN THE 'FIND' BOX THEN CLICK FIND NEXT AND IT TELLS ME THE SEARCH ITEM WAS NOT FOUND. THERE'S A WHOLE FRICKIN PAGE FULL OF 2006'S!! WHAT GIVES???? WHY CAN'T IT FIND THEM?....don't dare ask it to replace yet cuz it can't even FIND 'em!! |
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