[Island Girl]

I absolutely love learning how to use wildcard searches, and here's what I'm
trying to do:

There are times when I like to skip through certain parts of a document
sentence by sentence. So far the following search has yielded great results
for sentences ending in a period followed by one or two spaces or a paragraph
mark:

.[ {1,2}^13]

However, nothing I try to do with sentences ending in a question mark or
exclamation point seems to work. I tried putting a backslash before them but
that didn't work either. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks soooooo much for being there. You wonderful people have taught me
practically all I know!

[Jay Freedman]

Try again, using the expressions

\?[ {1,2}^13]
\![ {1,2}^13]

or, for everything together,

[.\?\!][ {1,2}^13]

They work for me.

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:38:01 -0700, Island Girl
wrote:

I absolutely love learning how to use wildcard searches, and here's what I'm
trying to do:

There are times when I like to skip through certain parts of a document
sentence by sentence. So far the following search has yielded great results
for sentences ending in a period followed by one or two spaces or a paragraph
mark:

.[ {1,2}^13]

However, nothing I try to do with sentences ending in a question mark or
exclamation point seems to work. I tried putting a backslash before them but
that didn't work either. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks soooooo much for being there. You wonderful people have taught me
practically all I know!

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

[Jay Freedman]

Noticing that the subject line mentions "macro", here's a macro that
goes to the next occurrence:

Sub NextSent()
Dim oRg As Range
Set oRg = ActiveDocument.Range _
(Start:=Selection.Range.End, _
End:=ActiveDocument.Range.End)
With oRg.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = "[.\?\!][ {1,2}^13]"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchWildcards = True
If .Execute Then
oRg.Select
End If
End With
End Sub

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:20:55 -0400, Jay Freedman
wrote:

Try again, using the expressions

\?[ {1,2}^13]
\![ {1,2}^13]

or, for everything together,

[.\?\!][ {1,2}^13]

They work for me.

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:38:01 -0700, Island Girl
wrote:

I absolutely love learning how to use wildcard searches, and here's what I'm
trying to do:

There are times when I like to skip through certain parts of a document
sentence by sentence. So far the following search has yielded great results
for sentences ending in a period followed by one or two spaces or a paragraph
mark:

.[ {1,2}^13]

However, nothing I try to do with sentences ending in a question mark or
exclamation point seems to work. I tried putting a backslash before them but
that didn't work either. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks soooooo much for being there. You wonderful people have taught me
practically all I know!

[Island Girl]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jay! As usual, you just made my life easier
and my work much more exciting! (I know, I know! Most people would laugh if
I told them that anything about word processing was exciting!)

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Noticing that the subject line mentions "macro", here's a macro that
goes to the next occurrence:

Sub NextSent()
Dim oRg As Range
Set oRg = ActiveDocument.Range _
(Start:=Selection.Range.End, _
End:=ActiveDocument.Range.End)
With oRg.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = "[.\?\!][ {1,2}^13]"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchWildcards = True
If .Execute Then
oRg.Select
End If
End With
End Sub

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:20:55 -0400, Jay Freedman
wrote:

Try again, using the expressions

\?[ {1,2}^13]
\![ {1,2}^13]

or, for everything together,

[.\?\!][ {1,2}^13]

They work for me.

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:38:01 -0700, Island Girl
wrote:

I absolutely love learning how to use wildcard searches, and here's what I'm
trying to do:

There are times when I like to skip through certain parts of a document
sentence by sentence. So far the following search has yielded great results
for sentences ending in a period followed by one or two spaces or a paragraph
mark:

.[ {1,2}^13]

However, nothing I try to do with sentences ending in a question mark or
exclamation point seems to work. I tried putting a backslash before them but
that didn't work either. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks soooooo much for being there. You wonderful people have taught me
practically all I know!

[aalaan]

Is it though! And people like Jay make it even better...

"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jay! As usual, you just made my life
easier
and my work much more exciting! (I know, I know! Most people would laugh
if
I told them that anything about word processing was exciting!)

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Noticing that the subject line mentions "macro", here's a macro that
goes to the next occurrence:

Sub NextSent()
Dim oRg As Range
Set oRg = ActiveDocument.Range _
(Start:=Selection.Range.End, _
End:=ActiveDocument.Range.End)
With oRg.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = "[.\?\!][ {1,2}^13]"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchWildcards = True
If .Execute Then
oRg.Select
End If
End With
End Sub

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:20:55 -0400, Jay Freedman
wrote:

Try again, using the expressions

\?[ {1,2}^13]
\![ {1,2}^13]

or, for everything together,

[.\?\!][ {1,2}^13]

They work for me.

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:38:01 -0700, Island Girl
wrote:

I absolutely love learning how to use wildcard searches, and here's
what I'm
trying to do:

There are times when I like to skip through certain parts of a document
sentence by sentence. So far the following search has yielded great
results
for sentences ending in a period followed by one or two spaces or a
paragraph
mark:

.[ {1,2}^13]

However, nothing I try to do with sentences ending in a question mark
or
exclamation point seems to work. I tried putting a backslash before
them but
that didn't work either. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks soooooo much for being there. You wonderful people have taught
me
practically all I know!

[Island Girl]

Couldn't have said it better, Aalaan.

"aalaan" wrote:

Is it though! And people like Jay make it even better...

"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jay! As usual, you just made my life
easier
and my work much more exciting! (I know, I know! Most people would laugh
if
I told them that anything about word processing was exciting!)

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Noticing that the subject line mentions "macro", here's a macro that
goes to the next occurrence:

Sub NextSent()
Dim oRg As Range
Set oRg = ActiveDocument.Range _
(Start:=Selection.Range.End, _
End:=ActiveDocument.Range.End)
With oRg.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = "[.\?\!][ {1,2}^13]"
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = False
.MatchWildcards = True
If .Execute Then
oRg.Select
End If
End With
End Sub

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:20:55 -0400, Jay Freedman
wrote:

Try again, using the expressions

\?[ {1,2}^13]
\![ {1,2}^13]

or, for everything together,

[.\?\!][ {1,2}^13]

They work for me.

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:38:01 -0700, Island Girl
wrote:

I absolutely love learning how to use wildcard searches, and here's
what I'm
trying to do:

There are times when I like to skip through certain parts of a document
sentence by sentence. So far the following search has yielded great
results
for sentences ending in a period followed by one or two spaces or a
paragraph
mark:

.[ {1,2}^13]

However, nothing I try to do with sentences ending in a question mark
or
exclamation point seems to work. I tried putting a backslash before
them but
that didn't work either. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks soooooo much for being there. You wonderful people have taught
me
practically all I know!

[aalaan]

That's what I like to hear G.

"Island Girl" wrote in message

Couldn't have said it better, Aalaan.

[Joseph]

ok
"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
I absolutely love learning how to use wildcard searches, and here's what
I'm
trying to do:

There are times when I like to skip through certain parts of a document
sentence by sentence. So far the following search has yielded great
results
for sentences ending in a period followed by one or two spaces or a
paragraph
mark:

.[ {1,2}^13]

However, nothing I try to do with sentences ending in a question mark or
exclamation point seems to work. I tried putting a backslash before them
but
that didn't work either. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks soooooo much for being there. You wonderful people have taught me
practically all I know!