[Judy]

XP Prof. / Word 2000 SP3.

Find: ^p3
for text:
Line 1: ... fling her
Line 2: 30

Selection for found text extends from the paragraph mark at the end of
line 1 to the zero at the end of line2, instead of only including the
3.

Auto select entire word is clear.

How can I get the selection I need?

[Graham Mayor]

The selection is doing what you asked ie find the paragraph mark followed by
the 3.
To select just the 3 search for 3; however this will find any 3 in the
document. How you find the particular 3 using the Find function rather
depends on what you want to do with it having found it.
See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm .

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Judy wrote:
XP Prof. / Word 2000 SP3.

Find: ^p3
for text:
Line 1: ... fling her
Line 2: 30

Selection for found text extends from the paragraph mark at the end of
line 1 to the zero at the end of line2, instead of only including the
3.

Auto select entire word is clear.

How can I get the selection I need?

[macropod[_2_]]

Hi Judy,

Find: ^p3 will only select:
¶
30
if the '30' is in a field. Otherwise, it only selects:
¶
3

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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Judy" wrote in message ...
XP Prof. / Word 2000 SP3.

Find: ^p3
for text:
Line 1: ... fling her
Line 2: 30

Selection for found text extends from the paragraph mark at the end of
line 1 to the zero at the end of line2, instead of only including the
3.

Auto select entire word is clear.

How can I get the selection I need?

[Judy]

On Jul 19, 5:23*am, "macropod" wrote:
Hi Judy,

Find: ^p3 will only select:
¶
30
if the '30' is in a field. Otherwise, it only selects:
¶
3

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]



"Judy" wrote in ...
XP Prof. / Word 2000 SP3.

Find: ^p3
for text:
Line 1: ... fling her
Line 2: 30

Selection for found text extends from the paragraph mark at the end of
line 1 to the zero at the end of line2, instead of only including the
3.

Auto select entire word is clear.

How can I get the selection I need?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks, macropod. Put me in the right direction. The numbers are
indeed in fields, through no choice of mine. Looked for a macro to
remove fields, but the one I found didn’t work. But when I pasted the
text into Notepad and back into Word the fields were gone and the Find
worked correctly.

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

To convert a field into ordinary text, select it and then use Ctrl+Shift+F9
or use a macro with the code

ActiveDocument.Fields.Unlink

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Judy" wrote in message
...
On Jul 19, 5:23 am, "macropod" wrote:
Hi Judy,

Find: ^p3 will only select:
¶
30
if the '30' is in a field. Otherwise, it only selects:
¶
3

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]



"Judy" wrote in
...
XP Prof. / Word 2000 SP3.

Find: ^p3
for text:
Line 1: ... fling her
Line 2: 30

Selection for found text extends from the paragraph mark at the end of
line 1 to the zero at the end of line2, instead of only including the
3.

Auto select entire word is clear.

How can I get the selection I need?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks, macropod. Put me in the right direction. The numbers are
indeed in fields, through no choice of mine. Looked for a macro to
remove fields, but the one I found didn’t work. But when I pasted the
text into Notepad and back into Word the fields were gone and the Find
worked correctly.