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Use find and replace to change American word to Canadian spelling
Using Word 2003, text exercise reads "Use Find and Replace to find and
replace any words that should be changed to Canadian spellings." |
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We don't do homework questions.
-- 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. "Retired" wrote in message ... Using Word 2003, text exercise reads "Use Find and Replace to find and replace any words that should be changed to Canadian spellings." |
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I do appreciate this position. I should have explained to you that I am the
teacher! I had hoped to use this exchange in my next lesson to illustrate to students how they might use this site. Please reconsider! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: We don't do homework questions. -- 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. "Retired" wrote in message ... Using Word 2003, text exercise reads "Use Find and Replace to find and replace any words that should be changed to Canadian spellings." |
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Well, if you say you're the teacher....
Actually, turns out I don't understand the question, really. Find favor and replace with favour, repeat for all words used in doc...doesn't seem right. What's the result you are looking for? On 4/27/05 4:22 PM, "Retired (almost)" wrote: I do appreciate this position. I should have explained to you that I am the teacher! I had hoped to use this exchange in my next lesson to illustrate to students how they might use this site. Please reconsider! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: We don't do homework questions. -- 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. "Retired" wrote in message ... Using Word 2003, text exercise reads "Use Find and Replace to find and replace any words that should be changed to Canadian spellings." -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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That is precisely what students are instructed to do. Prepare a memo
(Subject: American vs. Canadian Spelling) and then use Find and Replace to find and replace any words (U.S. English) that should be changed to Canadian spellings. I find it unlikely that students will use this particular skill in the workplace, but thought it a good opportunity to illustrate the value of this site. Janet Dickinson AST Adjunct Instructor Thomas Nelson Community College "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: Well, if you say you're the teacher.... Actually, turns out I don't understand the question, really. Find favor and replace with favour, repeat for all words used in doc...doesn't seem right. What's the result you are looking for? On 4/27/05 4:22 PM, "Retired (almost)" wrote: I do appreciate this position. I should have explained to you that I am the teacher! I had hoped to use this exchange in my next lesson to illustrate to students how they might use this site. Please reconsider! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: We don't do homework questions. -- 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. "Retired" wrote in message ... Using Word 2003, text exercise reads "Use Find and Replace to find and replace any words that should be changed to Canadian spellings." -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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I did think about the question, but I'm not sure how it could be done with
F&R. If you change the language of the document from English (U.S.) to English (Canada), then the "misspelled" words will be highlighted, but I don't think there's any option in F&R to find words that are marked as misspelled. And even if there were, what would you replace them with? If you replaced them with ^&, then, if you had AutoCorrect set up to use suggestions from the spelling checker, this might work in some instances, but not all (in fact, I just tested it, and it doesn't work at all). You *can* use F&R to search for words with a specific language applied, but if the entire memo had been typed in English (U.S.), then I don't see how this would be helpful. The *real* answer, of course, would be to change the language formatting, then look for the words that are marked as misspelled (or run the spelling checker explicitly). -- 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. "Retired (almost)" wrote in message ... That is precisely what students are instructed to do. Prepare a memo (Subject: American vs. Canadian Spelling) and then use Find and Replace to find and replace any words (U.S. English) that should be changed to Canadian spellings. I find it unlikely that students will use this particular skill in the workplace, but thought it a good opportunity to illustrate the value of this site. Janet Dickinson AST Adjunct Instructor Thomas Nelson Community College "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: Well, if you say you're the teacher.... Actually, turns out I don't understand the question, really. Find favor and replace with favour, repeat for all words used in doc...doesn't seem right. What's the result you are looking for? On 4/27/05 4:22 PM, "Retired (almost)" wrote: I do appreciate this position. I should have explained to you that I am the teacher! I had hoped to use this exchange in my next lesson to illustrate to students how they might use this site. Please reconsider! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: We don't do homework questions. -- 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. "Retired" wrote in message ... Using Word 2003, text exercise reads "Use Find and Replace to find and replace any words that should be changed to Canadian spellings." -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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The *real* answer, of course, would be to change the language formatting,
then look for the words that are marked as misspelled (or run the spelling checker explicitly). I thought of that one. In fact, I wrote it out. Then I realized you didn't need F&R to do it, and got confused. Janet, maybe you could pick a better question to demonstrate the value of this site. I don't think this is going to be very impressive. Or just look for other asked and answered questions. By the way, you could also inform them that Google groups will let them search the assorted wisdom of the newsgroups: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/....docmanagement Or http://groups-beta.google.com/grphp?...ages&lr=&hl=en That's a really good thing to learn. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Thanks for your help! The lesson morphed from brief look at the Canadian
spelling issue to . . . using MS Help . . . online sources of help . . . newsgroups in general . . . refining searches. None of this was according to the syllabus, but students agreed that it was much more useful than the scheduled lesson (splitting/merging cells and using autosum in tables - yuck!) "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: The *real* answer, of course, would be to change the language formatting, then look for the words that are marked as misspelled (or run the spelling checker explicitly). I thought of that one. In fact, I wrote it out. Then I realized you didn't need F&R to do it, and got confused. Janet, maybe you could pick a better question to demonstrate the value of this site. I don't think this is going to be very impressive. Or just look for other asked and answered questions. By the way, you could also inform them that Google groups will let them search the assorted wisdom of the newsgroups: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/....docmanagement Or http://groups-beta.google.com/grphp?...ages&lr=&hl=en That's a really good thing to learn. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Yes, I think knowing how to find help is probably more valuable than any
other single technique. Good for you! -- 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. "Retired (almost)" wrote in message ... Thanks for your help! The lesson morphed from brief look at the Canadian spelling issue to . . . using MS Help . . . online sources of help . . . newsgroups in general . . . refining searches. None of this was according to the syllabus, but students agreed that it was much more useful than the scheduled lesson (splitting/merging cells and using autosum in tables - yuck!) "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: The *real* answer, of course, would be to change the language formatting, then look for the words that are marked as misspelled (or run the spelling checker explicitly). I thought of that one. In fact, I wrote it out. Then I realized you didn't need F&R to do it, and got confused. Janet, maybe you could pick a better question to demonstrate the value of this site. I don't think this is going to be very impressive. Or just look for other asked and answered questions. By the way, you could also inform them that Google groups will let them search the assorted wisdom of the newsgroups: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/....docmanagement Or http://groups-beta.google.com/grphp?...ages&lr=&hl=en That's a really good thing to learn. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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