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Find & Replace (replace w/ field)?
Is it possible to use a field as a replace value in a find and replace box?
I need to replace the same piece of text many times. Would a keyboard macro work? Scott |
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Find & Replace (replace w/ field)?
Yes it is possible to use a field (a copy of a field) in the replace with
box. What exactly are you trying to do? -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. Not Really Me wrote: Is it possible to use a field as a replace value in a find and replace box? I need to replace the same piece of text many times. Would a keyboard macro work? Scott |
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Find & Replace (replace w/ field)?
"Greg Maxey" wrote in message ... Yes it is possible to use a field (a copy of a field) in the replace with box. What exactly are you trying to do? -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. Not Really Me wrote: Is it possible to use a field as a replace value in a find and replace box? I need to replace the same piece of text many times. Would a keyboard macro work? Scott Greg, It doesn't seem to work when I try it. I have about a dozen docs ranging from 10-80 pages that I want to make more flexible. We re-use them all the time and need to change many items. My plan is to make the variable items docproperties then replace the existing text with the docproperties fields. There are enough that some form of automation would be worthwhile. I guess this is a variation on mail merge. When I do a copy of a field item into the replace box it only copies the current value of the field, not the field codes. If I manually put the field code into the replace box I get an error. Scott |
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Find & Replace (replace w/ field)?
You copy the field code to the clipboard and put ^c (clipboard content) in
the replace box. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Not Really Me wrote: "Greg Maxey" wrote in message ... Yes it is possible to use a field (a copy of a field) in the replace with box. What exactly are you trying to do? -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. Not Really Me wrote: Is it possible to use a field as a replace value in a find and replace box? I need to replace the same piece of text many times. Would a keyboard macro work? Scott Greg, It doesn't seem to work when I try it. I have about a dozen docs ranging from 10-80 pages that I want to make more flexible. We re-use them all the time and need to change many items. My plan is to make the variable items docproperties then replace the existing text with the docproperties fields. There are enough that some form of automation would be worthwhile. I guess this is a variation on mail merge. When I do a copy of a field item into the replace box it only copies the current value of the field, not the field codes. If I manually put the field code into the replace box I get an error. Scott |
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Find & Replace (replace w/ field)?
Thanks to Graham and Greg for the answer.
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You copy the field code to the clipboard and put ^c (clipboard content) in the replace box. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Not Really Me wrote: "Greg Maxey" wrote in message ... Yes it is possible to use a field (a copy of a field) in the replace with box. What exactly are you trying to do? -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP See: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm For some helpful tips using Word. Not Really Me wrote: Is it possible to use a field as a replace value in a find and replace box? I need to replace the same piece of text many times. Would a keyboard macro work? Scott Greg, It doesn't seem to work when I try it. I have about a dozen docs ranging from 10-80 pages that I want to make more flexible. We re-use them all the time and need to change many items. My plan is to make the variable items docproperties then replace the existing text with the docproperties fields. There are enough that some form of automation would be worthwhile. I guess this is a variation on mail merge. When I do a copy of a field item into the replace box it only copies the current value of the field, not the field codes. If I manually put the field code into the replace box I get an error. Scott |
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