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FIND REPLACE phrases in between 2 control words.
Need the replace phrases between two control words. The phrase is the only
thing that changes and it is several lines long. The pattern is as follows: word 1 phrase1 word2 word 1 phrase2 word2 etc. |
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FIND REPLACE phrases in between 2 control words.
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(word1)*(word2) replace with \1 phrase2 \2 with the wildcard option set. Note that word1 and word2 will be case sensitive. 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 Scott Scanlon wrote: Need the replace phrases between two control words. The phrase is the only thing that changes and it is several lines long. The pattern is as follows: word 1 phrase1 word2 word 1 phrase2 word2 etc. |
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FIND REPLACE phrases in between 2 control words.
Thanks for the response. I wasn't clear. my fault.
I want to delete the phrases/sentences between the control words using the replace option. |
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FIND REPLACE phrases in between 2 control words.
In that case replace with \1 \2
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Scott Scanlon wrote: Thanks for the response. I wasn't clear. my fault. I want to delete the phrases/sentences between the control words using the replace option. |
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