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Search/Find two words that are not next to each other
This is like a Boolean search; like you search in Google. You search for two
or three words and finds documents with those words, anywhere in the document. However, in this case, in Word 2003, I am searching for two words in ONE SENTENCE, anywhere in the sentence. If I am not mistaken this feature was available in earlier editions of Word. Any solutions? |
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You might be able to do it with wildcards, such as :
.. *word1*word2*. Starting with the period followed by a space and ending with a period to indicate that the string be within a sentence. Haven't tested it, but it ought to work. Good Luck |:) On 8/28/05 4:55 PM, in article , "Philos" wrote: This is like a Boolean search; like you search in Google. You search for two or three words and finds documents with those words, anywhere in the document. However, in this case, in Word 2003, I am searching for two words in ONE SENTENCE, anywhere in the sentence. If I am not mistaken this feature was available in earlier editions of Word. Any solutions? |
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I tried the following
.. *Peter*that* It finds these words, and the period preceeding them. But they are not in one sentence. They are anywhere in the document. likewise for this *Peter*that* "CyberTaz" wrote: You might be able to do it with wildcards, such as : .. *word1*word2*. Starting with the period followed by a space and ending with a period to indicate that the string be within a sentence. Haven't tested it, but it ought to work. Good Luck |:) On 8/28/05 4:55 PM, in article , "Philos" wrote: This is like a Boolean search; like you search in Google. You search for two or three words and finds documents with those words, anywhere in the document. However, in this case, in Word 2003, I am searching for two words in ONE SENTENCE, anywhere in the sentence. If I am not mistaken this feature was available in earlier editions of Word. Any solutions? |
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Try including a period after the final * as was suggested.
See the article "Finding and replacing characters using wildcards" http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...gWildcards.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 "Philos" wrote in message ... I tried the following . *Peter*that* It finds these words, and the period preceeding them. But they are not in one sentence. They are anywhere in the document. likewise for this *Peter*that* "CyberTaz" wrote: You might be able to do it with wildcards, such as : .. *word1*word2*. Starting with the period followed by a space and ending with a period to indicate that the string be within a sentence. Haven't tested it, but it ought to work. Good Luck |:) On 8/28/05 4:55 PM, in article , "Philos" wrote: This is like a Boolean search; like you search in Google. You search for two or three words and finds documents with those words, anywhere in the document. However, in this case, in Word 2003, I am searching for two words in ONE SENTENCE, anywhere in the sentence. If I am not mistaken this feature was available in earlier editions of Word. Any solutions? |
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Yes, I did try it with the period. It does not work: it does not limit the
distance between the words that are being searched. The asterisk * between the words searches for "one or MORE spaces and/or characters." Is there a way to LIMIT the spaces and/or characters between two words being searched? "Doug Robbins" wrote: Try including a period after the final * as was suggested. See the article "Finding and replacing characters using wildcards" http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...gWildcards.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 "Philos" wrote in message ... I tried the following . *Peter*that* It finds these words, and the period preceeding them. But they are not in one sentence. They are anywhere in the document. likewise for this *Peter*that* "CyberTaz" wrote: You might be able to do it with wildcards, such as : .. *word1*word2*. Starting with the period followed by a space and ending with a period to indicate that the string be within a sentence. Haven't tested it, but it ought to work. Good Luck |:) On 8/28/05 4:55 PM, in article , "Philos" wrote: This is like a Boolean search; like you search in Google. You search for two or three words and finds documents with those words, anywhere in the document. However, in this case, in Word 2003, I am searching for two words in ONE SENTENCE, anywhere in the sentence. If I am not mistaken this feature was available in earlier editions of Word. Any solutions? |
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In earlier versions of Word, I cannot remeber exactly, but there was a
feature in the search (some type of wildcard), where you entered a number, lets say, 15 and it would find the two words you are searching for within 15 spaces. Does this help? "CyberTaz" wrote: You might be able to do it with wildcards, such as : .. *word1*word2*. Starting with the period followed by a space and ending with a period to indicate that the string be within a sentence. Haven't tested it, but it ought to work. Good Luck |:) On 8/28/05 4:55 PM, in article , "Philos" wrote: This is like a Boolean search; like you search in Google. You search for two or three words and finds documents with those words, anywhere in the document. However, in this case, in Word 2003, I am searching for two words in ONE SENTENCE, anywhere in the sentence. If I am not mistaken this feature was available in earlier editions of Word. Any solutions? |
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word1?{15,}word2
See 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 Philos wrote: In earlier versions of Word, I cannot remeber exactly, but there was a feature in the search (some type of wildcard), where you entered a number, lets say, 15 and it would find the two words you are searching for within 15 spaces. Does this help? "CyberTaz" wrote: You might be able to do it with wildcards, such as : .. *word1*word2*. Starting with the period followed by a space and ending with a period to indicate that the string be within a sentence. Haven't tested it, but it ought to work. Good Luck |:) On 8/28/05 4:55 PM, in article , "Philos" wrote: This is like a Boolean search; like you search in Google. You search for two or three words and finds documents with those words, anywhere in the document. However, in this case, in Word 2003, I am searching for two words in ONE SENTENCE, anywhere in the sentence. If I am not mistaken this feature was available in earlier editions of Word. Any solutions? |
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I used the following:
same?{1,}drink Results: it finds these words anywhere in the document. I read You articel "Finding and replacing characters using wild cards" It says, {n,m} finds text containing between €œn€ and €œm€ occurrences of the previous character or expression; so a{2,3} will find €œaa€ and €œaaa€, but only the first 3 characters in €œaaaa€ ). So I used a second number to limit the previous "?" (any character) to five times same?{1,5}drink Results: it still finds these words anywhere in the document. What can be done to set a limit of the number of spaces or characters between the two words in a search? "Graham Mayor" wrote: word1?{15,}word2 See 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 Philos wrote: In earlier versions of Word, I cannot remeber exactly, but there was a feature in the search (some type of wildcard), where you entered a number, lets say, 15 and it would find the two words you are searching for within 15 spaces. Does this help? "CyberTaz" wrote: You might be able to do it with wildcards, such as : .. *word1*word2*. Starting with the period followed by a space and ending with a period to indicate that the string be within a sentence. Haven't tested it, but it ought to work. Good Luck |:) On 8/28/05 4:55 PM, in article , "Philos" wrote: This is like a Boolean search; like you search in Google. You search for two or three words and finds documents with those words, anywhere in the document. However, in this case, in Word 2003, I am searching for two words in ONE SENTENCE, anywhere in the sentence. If I am not mistaken this feature was available in earlier editions of Word. Any solutions? |
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same[A-z ]{1,25}drink
in a Wildcard Find will find "same" and "drink" with a maximum of 25 characters (including spaces) between them -- 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 "Philos" wrote in message ... I used the following: same?{1,}drink Results: it finds these words anywhere in the document. I read You articel "Finding and replacing characters using wild cards" It says, {n,m} finds text containing between "n" and "m" occurrences of the previous character or expression; so a{2,3} will find "aa" and "aaa", but only the first 3 characters in "aaaa" ). So I used a second number to limit the previous "?" (any character) to five times same?{1,5}drink Results: it still finds these words anywhere in the document. What can be done to set a limit of the number of spaces or characters between the two words in a search? "Graham Mayor" wrote: word1?{15,}word2 See 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 Philos wrote: In earlier versions of Word, I cannot remeber exactly, but there was a feature in the search (some type of wildcard), where you entered a number, lets say, 15 and it would find the two words you are searching for within 15 spaces. Does this help? "CyberTaz" wrote: You might be able to do it with wildcards, such as : .. *word1*word2*. Starting with the period followed by a space and ending with a period to indicate that the string be within a sentence. Haven't tested it, but it ought to work. Good Luck |:) On 8/28/05 4:55 PM, in article , "Philos" wrote: This is like a Boolean search; like you search in Google. You search for two or three words and finds documents with those words, anywhere in the document. However, in this case, in Word 2003, I am searching for two words in ONE SENTENCE, anywhere in the sentence. If I am not mistaken this feature was available in earlier editions of Word. Any solutions? |
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Still loking for help. Boolean search is so common and useful ... wouldn't
the Microsoft programmers have thought of it? "Philos" wrote: I used the following: same?{1,}drink Results: it finds these words anywhere in the document. I read You article "Finding and replacing characters using wild cards" It says, {n,m} finds text containing between €œn€ and €œm€ occurrences of the previous character or expression; so a{2,3} will find €œaa€ and €œaaa€, but only the first 3 characters in €œaaaa€ ). So I used a second number to limit the previous "?" (any character) to five times same?{1,5}drink Results: it still finds these words anywhere in the document. What can be done to set a limit of the number of spaces or characters between the two words in a search? "Graham Mayor" wrote: word1?{15,}word2 See 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 Philos wrote: In earlier versions of Word, I cannot remeber exactly, but there was a feature in the search (some type of wildcard), where you entered a number, lets say, 15 and it would find the two words you are searching for within 15 spaces. Does this help? "CyberTaz" wrote: You might be able to do it with wildcards, such as : .. *word1*word2*. Starting with the period followed by a space and ending with a period to indicate that the string be within a sentence. Haven't tested it, but it ought to work. Good Luck |:) On 8/28/05 4:55 PM, in article , "Philos" wrote: This is like a Boolean search; like you search in Google. You search for two or three words and finds documents with those words, anywhere in the document. However, in this case, in Word 2003, I am searching for two words in ONE SENTENCE, anywhere in the sentence. If I am not mistaken this feature was available in earlier editions of Word. Any solutions? |
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