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Finding & Replacing Characters using wildcards
Hi,
I am trying to use the Find/Replace wildcard syntax and add Heading 1 styles to my text. I have turned For example I have the following sample text in my document: MyHead1AnthropologyHead1My MyHead1Cell BiologyHead1My MyHead1Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration ResearchHead1My It is my understanding that I need to use the following in the "Find What" box: (MyHead1*Head1My^13) And use the following in the "Replace With" box: \1^p ((style "Heading 1")) However, it doesn't apply the "Heading 1" style format instead I get: MyHead1Anatomical PathologyHead1My ((style "Heading 1")) Can someone explain what I need to fix to accomplish what I need? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. -Greg |
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Finding & Replacing Characters using wildcards
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MyHead1*^13 in Find what and: ^& in Replace with. With the cursor in the replace with field: Click More and in the Search options pane click formatStyleHeading1 Greg wrote: Hi, I am trying to use the Find/Replace wildcard syntax and add Heading 1 styles to my text. I have turned For example I have the following sample text in my document: MyHead1AnthropologyHead1My MyHead1Cell BiologyHead1My MyHead1Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration ResearchHead1My It is my understanding that I need to use the following in the "Find What" box: (MyHead1*Head1My^13) And use the following in the "Replace With" box: \1^p ((style "Heading 1")) However, it doesn't apply the "Heading 1" style format instead I get: MyHead1Anatomical PathologyHead1My ((style "Heading 1")) Can someone explain what I need to fix to accomplish what I need? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. -Greg |
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Finding & Replacing Characters using wildcards
Hi,
Thanks Jay & Greg for your prompt replies. I used Jay's version and it is now working. And as Jay thought, I did want to remove the prefix (MyHead1) and suffix (Head1My) tags from the final results. -Greg Greg Maxey wrote: You only need: MyHead1*^13 in Find what and: ^& in Replace with. With the cursor in the replace with field: Click More and in the Search options pane click formatStyleHeading1 Greg wrote: Hi, I am trying to use the Find/Replace wildcard syntax and add Heading 1 styles to my text. I have turned For example I have the following sample text in my document: MyHead1AnthropologyHead1My MyHead1Cell BiologyHead1My MyHead1Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration ResearchHead1My It is my understanding that I need to use the following in the "Find What" box: (MyHead1*Head1My^13) And use the following in the "Replace With" box: \1^p ((style "Heading 1")) However, it doesn't apply the "Heading 1" style format instead I get: MyHead1Anatomical PathologyHead1My ((style "Heading 1")) Can someone explain what I need to fix to accomplish what I need? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. -Greg |
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Finding & Replacing Characters using wildcards
Greg,
Glad your issue is resolved. After reading Jay's reply I figures he deduced your actual intent. I on the other hand tend to just "anwer the question." Must be conditioning from my regular job ;-) Greg wrote: Hi, Thanks Jay & Greg for your prompt replies. I used Jay's version and it is now working. And as Jay thought, I did want to remove the prefix (MyHead1) and suffix (Head1My) tags from the final results. -Greg Greg Maxey wrote: You only need: MyHead1*^13 in Find what and: ^& in Replace with. With the cursor in the replace with field: Click More and in the Search options pane click formatStyleHeading1 Greg wrote: Hi, I am trying to use the Find/Replace wildcard syntax and add Heading 1 styles to my text. I have turned For example I have the following sample text in my document: MyHead1AnthropologyHead1My MyHead1Cell BiologyHead1My MyHead1Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration ResearchHead1My It is my understanding that I need to use the following in the "Find What" box: (MyHead1*Head1My^13) And use the following in the "Replace With" box: \1^p ((style "Heading 1")) However, it doesn't apply the "Heading 1" style format instead I get: MyHead1Anatomical PathologyHead1My ((style "Heading 1")) Can someone explain what I need to fix to accomplish what I need? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. -Greg |
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Finding & Replacing Characters using wildcards
Hi,
Opps, I should mention I modifed my "Find What" syntax to: (MyHead1)(*)(Head1My^13) And "Replace With" syntax to: \2^p This got me what I wanted! Thanks again, Greg Greg wrote: Hi, Thanks Jay & Greg for your prompt replies. I used Jay's version and it is now working. And as Jay thought, I did want to remove the prefix (MyHead1) and suffix (Head1My) tags from the final results. -Greg Greg Maxey wrote: You only need: MyHead1*^13 in Find what and: ^& in Replace with. With the cursor in the replace with field: Click More and in the Search options pane click formatStyleHeading1 Greg wrote: Hi, I am trying to use the Find/Replace wildcard syntax and add Heading 1 styles to my text. I have turned For example I have the following sample text in my document: MyHead1AnthropologyHead1My MyHead1Cell BiologyHead1My MyHead1Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration ResearchHead1My It is my understanding that I need to use the following in the "Find What" box: (MyHead1*Head1My^13) And use the following in the "Replace With" box: \1^p ((style "Heading 1")) However, it doesn't apply the "Heading 1" style format instead I get: MyHead1Anatomical PathologyHead1My ((style "Heading 1")) Can someone explain what I need to fix to accomplish what I need? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. -Greg |
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