This is probably crazy and/or impossible, but I'd like to add
characters at
the beginning and end of a style automatically. I'm formatting a
document in
multiple ways using templates, and I'd like one version to use [ and ]
around a certain style (both paragraph and character level styles) and
one version
to use ( and ). Is there anyway to implement that with styles instead
of
doing a search and replace--which will likely catch other stuff that I
don't
want included? Or some other easy way to do it? Or am I just out of
luck and
I have to chose one braket style and use it for all versions?

Thanks,
Chris

You can't do this automatically.

If your document is formatted correctly using PARAGRAPH styles replace will
work -
Using wildcards
Replace
(*)(^13) - format style (select style)
with
Leading text \1 trailing text \2

If you want to add the text to CHARACTER styles then
Put nothing in the find box and - format style (select character style)
Uncheck the wildcards box
In the replace box put
Leading text ^& trailing text

The secret of successful searches is to use unambiguous search strings

See also http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




wrote:
This is probably crazy and/or impossible, but I'd like to add
characters at
the beginning and end of a style automatically. I'm formatting a
document in
multiple ways using templates, and I'd like one version to use [ and ]
around a certain style (both paragraph and character level styles) and
one version
to use ( and ). Is there anyway to implement that with styles instead
of
doing a search and replace--which will likely catch other stuff that I
don't
want included? Or some other easy way to do it? Or am I just out of
luck and
I have to chose one braket style and use it for all versions?

Thanks,
Chris

Alright, I thought that would be the case. Thanks for that search info.
It does just what I want. It's amazing how powerful word really is in
some areas. And thanks for the quick response!

--Chris

Graham Mayor wrote:
You can't do this automatically.

If your document is formatted correctly using PARAGRAPH styles replace will
work -
Using wildcards
Replace
(*)(^13) - format style (select style)
with
Leading text \1 trailing text \2

If you want to add the text to CHARACTER styles then
Put nothing in the find box and - format style (select character style)
Uncheck the wildcards box
In the replace box put
Leading text ^& trailing text

The secret of successful searches is to use unambiguous search strings

See also http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




wrote:
This is probably crazy and/or impossible, but I'd like to add
characters at
the beginning and end of a style automatically. I'm formatting a
document in
multiple ways using templates, and I'd like one version to use [ and ]
around a certain style (both paragraph and character level styles) and
one version
to use ( and ). Is there anyway to implement that with styles instead
of
doing a search and replace--which will likely catch other stuff that I
don't
want included? Or some other easy way to do it? Or am I just out of
luck and
I have to chose one braket style and use it for all versions?

Thanks,
Chris