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Find & Replace with "]"
I am trying to add a second period after the following type of entry
in a document: "[1234]." When I use "]." for the find no items are found, event though there are many such instances in the document. Suggestions?! Chuck Humphrey |
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Are you saying that you have a series of numbers in square brackets? In this
case you need a wildcard search for \[[0-9]{1,}\] replace with ^&. (that's ^& followed by a period) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Chuck Humphrey wrote: I am trying to add a second period after the following type of entry in a document: "[1234]." When I use "]." for the find no items are found, event though there are many such instances in the document. Suggestions?! Chuck Humphrey |
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That did not work. Why can't I search for "]." and replace it with
"].." ? On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:16:49 -0000, "Graham Mayor" wrote: Are you saying that you have a series of numbers in square brackets? In this case you need a wildcard search for \[[0-9]{1,}\] replace with ^&. (that's ^& followed by a period) Chuck Humphrey |
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You can provided you don't have wildcards enabled.
-- 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. "Chuck Humphrey" wrote in message ... That did not work. Why can't I search for "]." and replace it with "].." ? On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:16:49 -0000, "Graham Mayor" wrote: Are you saying that you have a series of numbers in square brackets? In this case you need a wildcard search for \[[0-9]{1,}\] replace with ^&. (that's ^& followed by a period) Chuck Humphrey |
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If Wildcards *are* enabled, the originally posted solution works.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: You can provided you don't have wildcards enabled. "Chuck Humphrey" wrote in message ... That did not work. Why can't I search for "]." and replace it with "].." ? On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:16:49 -0000, "Graham Mayor" wrote: Are you saying that you have a series of numbers in square brackets? In this case you need a wildcard search for \[[0-9]{1,}\] replace with ^&. (that's ^& followed by a period) Chuck Humphrey |
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