I would like to remove two recurring elements from my text document. On one
line is text ('ID'), and the next line is an number htat increases by one
each time (i.e. 1, 2, 3, up to ~10, 000). I would like to remove both of
these items. After the number is a text field that contains the important
information. Any suggestions?
Example

ID:
237
[Important text here]

Hi Kevin,

You have paragraph marks at the end of these lines?
ID:¶
237¶
[Important text here]

Then use "Edit Replace", check "Match wildcards",
Find what: ID:^13[0-9]@^13
Replace with:
(leave the latter empty to replace the matched text with nothing)

^13 matches a paragraph mark, [0-9] matches any number 0-9, and [0-9]@
matches any number of numbers (237, 0102, 183658569, ...).

Regards,
Klaus


Kevin M wrote:
I would like to remove two recurring elements from my text document. On
one
line is text ('ID'), and the next line is an number htat increases by one
each time (i.e. 1, 2, 3, up to ~10, 000). I would like to remove both of
these items. After the number is a text field that contains the important
information. Any suggestions?
Example

ID:
237
[Important text here]

Kevin

If the lines end with a paragraph mark, try a wildcard replase with
ID:^13[0-9]@^13 in the find field and leave the replace with field blank.

If the lines end with a line break use ID:^l[0-9]@^l

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

Kevin M wrote:
I would like to remove two recurring elements from my text document.
On one line is text ('ID'), and the next line is an number htat
increases by one each time (i.e. 1, 2, 3, up to ~10, 000). I would
like to remove both of these items. After the number is a text field
that contains the important information. Any suggestions?
Example

ID:
237
[Important text here]