[Cliff]

I am proofing large documents looking to find certain items i.e. All
capitals, en dash, em dash, italics, parenthesis, numbers, single quote,
double quote etc.. I would appreciate any short cuts or how to. thanks Cliff

[DougieVan]

CTRL-F opens the find dialog.

I don't think you'll be able to search for all caps, though.

Doug
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Office System Solutions Specialist
3Sharp
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"Cliff" wrote:

I am proofing large documents looking to find certain items i.e. All
capitals, en dash, em dash, italics, parenthesis, numbers, single quote,
double quote etc.. I would appreciate any short cuts or how to. thanks Cliff

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can search for All Caps font formatting just as you can search for
italic (Format | Font), and you can search for runs of typed capital letters
using wildcards; see http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm.
Numbers in general can also be found with wildcards, and there are specific
codes for em and en dashes. Parentheses and quotes can be typed directly
into the "Find what" box.

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"DougieVan" wrote in message
...
CTRL-F opens the find dialog.

I don't think you'll be able to search for all caps, though.

Doug
--
Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen
Office System Solutions Specialist
3Sharp
http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/


"Cliff" wrote:

I am proofing large documents looking to find certain items i.e. All
capitals, en dash, em dash, italics, parenthesis, numbers, single quote,
double quote etc.. I would appreciate any short cuts or how to. thanks
Cliff