[B.W.[_2_]]

In Word 2002 is there a quick way to change all the date formats in a
document in one operation.

For instance I have a doc that has over time been changed and is still used
by several people and we now have a mixture of date formats that are
superscript and non superscript, some of which are a mixture of bold, italic
etc. The bold and italic are easily fixed each time but the dates are
sometimes a bit difficult to see and it is very slow to change each one.

TIA

B.W.

[Stefan Blom]

How were the dates inserted? If they were typed in, you should be able
to use a wildcard search to change them. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/UsingWildcards.htm.

If the dates are fields, you can press Alt+F9 to display the field
codes and then use Find and Replace to add the desired date format
switch.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"B.W." wrote in message
...
In Word 2002 is there a quick way to change all the date formats in
a
document in one operation.

For instance I have a doc that has over time been changed and is
still used
by several people and we now have a mixture of date formats that are
superscript and non superscript, some of which are a mixture of
bold, italic
etc. The bold and italic are easily fixed each time but the dates
are
sometimes a bit difficult to see and it is very slow to change each
one.

TIA

B.W.

[B.W.]

Thank you Stefan for that information, I will try it out.

B.W.

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
How were the dates inserted? If they were typed in, you should be able
to use a wildcard search to change them. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/UsingWildcards.htm.

If the dates are fields, you can press Alt+F9 to display the field
codes and then use Find and Replace to add the desired date format
switch.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"B.W." wrote in message
...
In Word 2002 is there a quick way to change all the date formats in
a
document in one operation.

For instance I have a doc that has over time been changed and is
still used
by several people and we now have a mixture of date formats that are
superscript and non superscript, some of which are a mixture of
bold, italic
etc. The bold and italic are easily fixed each time but the dates
are
sometimes a bit difficult to see and it is very slow to change each
one.

TIA

B.W.

[Stefan Blom]

You are welcome.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"B.W." wrote in message ...
Thank you Stefan for that information, I will try it out.

B.W.

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
How were the dates inserted? If they were typed in, you should be
able
to use a wildcard search to change them. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/UsingWildcards.htm.

If the dates are fields, you can press Alt+F9 to display the field
codes and then use Find and Replace to add the desired date format
switch.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"B.W." wrote in message
...
In Word 2002 is there a quick way to change all the date formats
in
a
document in one operation.

For instance I have a doc that has over time been changed and is
still used
by several people and we now have a mixture of date formats that
are
superscript and non superscript, some of which are a mixture of
bold, italic
etc. The bold and italic are easily fixed each time but the
dates
are
sometimes a bit difficult to see and it is very slow to change
each
one.

TIA

B.W.