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Find & Replace does not find formatting
Find does not a find font size. It will find specific text, a specific font,
etc. but if I search for say 12 point it says "search item not found" even though the cursor may be in a block of 12 point type. I need to reformat some fairly large files and this always worked on the old versions of word. Help! Thanks. |
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Assuming you are in Word 2002, go to Find. In the dialogue box, select More.
Select Format, Font, and designate the size you want. You can also select Style. Be sure that the next time you do a search in the document, you select the 'No Formatting' box. "Ed" wrote: Find does not a find font size. It will find specific text, a specific font, etc. but if I search for say 12 point it says "search item not found" even though the cursor may be in a block of 12 point type. I need to reformat some fairly large files and this always worked on the old versions of word. Help! Thanks. |
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Thanks for trying. I know thats how it is supposed to work, my problem is
that it doesn't work. It clearly shows text as 12 point or 18 point in the document, but when I search for 12 or 18 point text, it says "search item not found" "cyncerity" wrote: Assuming you are in Word 2002, go to Find. In the dialogue box, select More. Select Format, Font, and designate the size you want. You can also select Style. Be sure that the next time you do a search in the document, you select the 'No Formatting' box. "Ed" wrote: Find does not a find font size. It will find specific text, a specific font, etc. but if I search for say 12 point it says "search item not found" even though the cursor may be in a block of 12 point type. I need to reformat some fairly large files and this always worked on the old versions of word. Help! Thanks. |
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Have you made sure that the "Find what" box is empty and that in the Format
Font dialog only the text size (not the font) was selected? It works for me. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Ed" wrote in message ... Thanks for trying. I know thats how it is supposed to work, my problem is that it doesn't work. It clearly shows text as 12 point or 18 point in the document, but when I search for 12 or 18 point text, it says "search item not found" "cyncerity" wrote: Assuming you are in Word 2002, go to Find. In the dialogue box, select More. Select Format, Font, and designate the size you want. You can also select Style. Be sure that the next time you do a search in the document, you select the 'No Formatting' box. "Ed" wrote: Find does not a find font size. It will find specific text, a specific font, etc. but if I search for say 12 point it says "search item not found" even though the cursor may be in a block of 12 point type. I need to reformat some fairly large files and this always worked on the old versions of word. Help! Thanks. |
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Hi Ed & Suzanne-
Started following this yesterday, and although I don't have an explaination I have found you both to be right. Tried it on one system yesterday in Word 2003 and it _did not work_ no matter what I did. Today, on a different system but still running Word 2003 it works like a charm. So I went back to the first system to compare updates & tried it again while there - works fine now! Only suggestion I can offer is "Try, Try Again". LOL |:) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you made sure that the "Find what" box is empty and that in the Format Font dialog only the text size (not the font) was selected? It works for me. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Ed" wrote in message ... Thanks for trying. I know thats how it is supposed to work, my problem is that it doesn't work. It clearly shows text as 12 point or 18 point in the document, but when I search for 12 or 18 point text, it says "search item not found" "cyncerity" wrote: Assuming you are in Word 2002, go to Find. In the dialogue box, select More. Select Format, Font, and designate the size you want. You can also select Style. Be sure that the next time you do a search in the document, you select the 'No Formatting' box. "Ed" wrote: Find does not a find font size. It will find specific text, a specific font, etc. but if I search for say 12 point it says "search item not found" even though the cursor may be in a block of 12 point type. I need to reformat some fairly large files and this always worked on the old versions of word. Help! Thanks. |
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At least I know I am not the only one! I am fairly confident I am doing
everything correctly. I restarted computer, restarted Word, tried it on different files, etc all with the same results. I have had many more problems with Word 2003 than previous versions, is this typical? "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Ed & Suzanne- Started following this yesterday, and although I don't have an explaination I have found you both to be right. Tried it on one system yesterday in Word 2003 and it _did not work_ no matter what I did. Today, on a different system but still running Word 2003 it works like a charm. So I went back to the first system to compare updates & tried it again while there - works fine now! Only suggestion I can offer is "Try, Try Again". LOL |:) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you made sure that the "Find what" box is empty and that in the Format Font dialog only the text size (not the font) was selected? It works for me. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Ed" wrote in message ... Thanks for trying. I know thats how it is supposed to work, my problem is that it doesn't work. It clearly shows text as 12 point or 18 point in the document, but when I search for 12 or 18 point text, it says "search item not found" "cyncerity" wrote: Assuming you are in Word 2002, go to Find. In the dialogue box, select More. Select Format, Font, and designate the size you want. You can also select Style. Be sure that the next time you do a search in the document, you select the 'No Formatting' box. "Ed" wrote: Find does not a find font size. It will find specific text, a specific font, etc. but if I search for say 12 point it says "search item not found" even though the cursor may be in a block of 12 point type. I need to reformat some fairly large files and this always worked on the old versions of word. Help! Thanks. |
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