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Find function in Word does not work when searching double spaces
In Windows XP, when I try to find double spaces using the "Find" function so
that I can replace them with a single space, it does not work. The "Find" function also does not work when performing searches for words. This function worked well in Windows 2000. Does anyone have a solution to this? - Thanks!! |
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Find function in Word does not work when searching double spaces
Are you using find or replace. I just did a test word 2003 on xp and it works
fine. "Artrinsic" wrote: In Windows XP, when I try to find double spaces using the "Find" function so that I can replace them with a single space, it does not work. The "Find" function also does not work when performing searches for words. This function worked well in Windows 2000. Does anyone have a solution to this? - Thanks!! |
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Find function in Word does not work when searching double spaces
Use a wildcard search for
([ ])@ replace with \1 There is a space between [ and ] in the search pattern. This will find all instances of multiple spaces and replace them with a single space. 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 Artrinsic wrote: In Windows XP, when I try to find double spaces using the "Find" function so that I can replace them with a single space, it does not work. The "Find" function also does not work when performing searches for words. This function worked well in Windows 2000. Does anyone have a solution to this? - Thanks!! |
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Find function in Word does not work when searching double spac
February 12, 2007
Thanks morgancreative, I am using "Find" at times, and "Find" / "Replace" at other times, and it still does not work. I will try again. Could it be that the software may not have been properly or fully installed? Thanks, Artrinsic "morgancreative" wrote: Are you using find or replace. I just did a test word 2003 on xp and it works fine. "Artrinsic" wrote: In Windows XP, when I try to find double spaces using the "Find" function so that I can replace them with a single space, it does not work. The "Find" function also does not work when performing searches for words. This function worked well in Windows 2000. Does anyone have a solution to this? - Thanks!! |
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Find function in Word does not work when searching double spac
In my copy of Word, searching for {space}{space} DOES find {nbspace}{space}.
Did you actually try this before you posted, John? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" wrote in message ... Copy an example of the double spaces and paste it into the Find prompt. I suspect that at some stage you have obtained that text from a browser. A browser expresses double spaces as two different characters: a non-breaking space followed by a space. If you search for {space}{space} you will not find {nbspace}{space}. If you search for {nbspace}{space} you will. It's difficult to tell the difference by eye, but if you click your Show/Hide button and perhaps increase the Zoom magnification a little, you will see that the two characters are differently rendered on screen. Cheers On 13/2/07 6:52 AM, in article , "Artrinsic" wrote: February 12, 2007 Thanks morgancreative, I am using "Find" at times, and "Find" / "Replace" at other times, and it still does not work. I will try again. Could it be that the software may not have been properly or fully installed? Thanks, Artrinsic "morgancreative" wrote: Are you using find or replace. I just did a test word 2003 on xp and it works fine. "Artrinsic" wrote: In Windows XP, when I try to find double spaces using the "Find" function so that I can replace them with a single space, it does not work. The "Find" function also does not work when performing searches for words. This function worked well in Windows 2000. Does anyone have a solution to this? - Thanks!! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant Technical Writer. Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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