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Wildcard Search and Replace
I have "inherited" a set of documents that exhibit a rather strange behaviour.
In these documents three-letter codes are listed in the form ABC/DEF. I want to change these to ABC / DEF (i.e. [code][hardspace][forward slash][hardspace][code]). In the Word Search and Replace I select Use Wildcards. I then enter in the Find What line: ([A-Z]{3})/([A-Z]{3}) and in the Replace With line \1^s/^s\2. The result is this (surprisingly!): ABCDEF /. When I create a new test document to replicate this situation, the result is as expected, i.e. ABC / DEF. Has anyone ever experienced a situation similar to this? The problem obviously lies with the document itself and not the PC or Word. Has anyone any idea what is going on here and how one can remedy this peculiarity? |
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