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I have Word 2000. Is there any way to find out if there are any duplicates
of the words or phrases in a Word document, without typing in each one?
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You can run a macro to find out how many times words appear in a document,
but phrases are a bit more of a problem because it's hard to define exactly
what constitutes a phrase. You can however use EditFind, or EditReplace
to located multiple instances of a phrase that you enter into the "Find
what:" control of the dialog. If you use EditReplace and replace the text
with itself, it will tell you how many replacements it has made.

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I have Word 2000. Is there any way to find out if there are any duplicates
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Thank you for the reply. I don't understand how to run a macro or even what
a "macro" is. I'll be specific - I have listed names (in a column) on about
30 pages in Word. I don't want to imput each name in EditFind. I know I
can sort the list alphabetically and scan the list with my eyes. I just
wanted to know if there is a shortcut to this - where Word would just let me
know if there are any duplicates of any words that I typed.

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

You can run a macro to find out how many times words appear in a document,
but phrases are a bit more of a problem because it's hard to define exactly
what constitutes a phrase. You can however use EditFind, or EditReplace
to located multiple instances of a phrase that you enter into the "Find
what:" control of the dialog. If you use EditReplace and replace the text
with itself, it will tell you how many replacements it has made.

--
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
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I have Word 2000. Is there any way to find out if there are any duplicates
of the words or phrases in a Word document, without typing in each one?




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There's a method given for doing this in the article "Finding and replacing
characters using wildcards" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm


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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

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"Suzi" wrote in message
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Thank you for the reply. I don't understand how to run a macro or even
what
a "macro" is. I'll be specific - I have listed names (in a column) on
about
30 pages in Word. I don't want to imput each name in EditFind. I know I
can sort the list alphabetically and scan the list with my eyes. I just
wanted to know if there is a shortcut to this - where Word would just let
me
know if there are any duplicates of any words that I typed.

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

You can run a macro to find out how many times words appear in a
document,
but phrases are a bit more of a problem because it's hard to define
exactly
what constitutes a phrase. You can however use EditFind, or
EditReplace
to located multiple instances of a phrase that you enter into the "Find
what:" control of the dialog. If you use EditReplace and replace the
text
with itself, it will tell you how many replacements it has made.

--
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
"Suzi" wrote in message
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I have Word 2000. Is there any way to find out if there are any
duplicates
of the words or phrases in a Word document, without typing in each one?






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Thanks - I will read that. I appreciate your help.

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

There's a method given for doing this in the article "Finding and replacing
characters using wildcards" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm


--
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
"Suzi" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the reply. I don't understand how to run a macro or even
what
a "macro" is. I'll be specific - I have listed names (in a column) on
about
30 pages in Word. I don't want to imput each name in EditFind. I know I
can sort the list alphabetically and scan the list with my eyes. I just
wanted to know if there is a shortcut to this - where Word would just let
me
know if there are any duplicates of any words that I typed.

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

You can run a macro to find out how many times words appear in a
document,
but phrases are a bit more of a problem because it's hard to define
exactly
what constitutes a phrase. You can however use EditFind, or
EditReplace
to located multiple instances of a phrase that you enter into the "Find
what:" control of the dialog. If you use EditReplace and replace the
text
with itself, it will tell you how many replacements it has made.

--
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
"Suzi" wrote in message
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I have Word 2000. Is there any way to find out if there are any
duplicates
of the words or phrases in a Word document, without typing in each one?






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