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Find and replace won't work in a table
Any suggestions on why? I have tried higlighting all the text, cleared all
formatting, title cases etc but still no joy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Find and replace won't work in a table
Natalie,
Should work in a table, could you be more specific as to what you are searching for and how you are going about it. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "Natalie" schreef in bericht ... Any suggestions on why? I have tried higlighting all the text, cleared all formatting, title cases etc but still no joy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Find and replace won't work in a table
Luc,
I have made a very simple table where people need to replace Name with their name and Mobile with their phone number. Its just text. I am using the normal Find and Replace and am getting the standard error message saying text isn't found. Natalie "Luc" wrote: Natalie, Should work in a table, could you be more specific as to what you are searching for and how you are going about it. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "Natalie" schreef in bericht ... Any suggestions on why? I have tried higlighting all the text, cleared all formatting, title cases etc but still no joy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Find and replace won't work in a table
If the text isn't found then either you are not searching where you think
you are searching or the string you are searching for isn't in the text. As you seem reluctant to tell us what exactly you are doing it is not possible to advise further, but 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 Natalie wrote: Luc, I have made a very simple table where people need to replace Name with their name and Mobile with their phone number. Its just text. I am using the normal Find and Replace and am getting the standard error message saying text isn't found. Natalie "Luc" wrote: Natalie, Should work in a table, could you be more specific as to what you are searching for and how you are going about it. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "Natalie" schreef in bericht ... Any suggestions on why? I have tried higlighting all the text, cleared all formatting, title cases etc but still no joy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Find and replace won't work in a table
Take a closer look in the F/R dialog to make sure you don't have formatting
options set from a prior use of the feature. Click the 'More' button if necessary , then click the 'No Formatting' button. Also check the other settings pertaining to Case, etc. BTW - This is a local installation setting, not a doc setting, so each user has to know how to use F/R. Have you considered creating a template, perhaps using macrobutton fields? HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac |
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Find and replace won't work in a table
Hi Natalie
In the find/replace box, click more and make sure match case isn't selected. This has got me a few times. HTH Ian "Graham Mayor" wrote: If the text isn't found then either you are not searching where you think you are searching or the string you are searching for isn't in the text. As you seem reluctant to tell us what exactly you are doing it is not possible to advise further, but 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 Natalie wrote: Luc, I have made a very simple table where people need to replace Name with their name and Mobile with their phone number. Its just text. I am using the normal Find and Replace and am getting the standard error message saying text isn't found. Natalie "Luc" wrote: Natalie, Should work in a table, could you be more specific as to what you are searching for and how you are going about it. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "Natalie" schreef in bericht ... Any suggestions on why? I have tried higlighting all the text, cleared all formatting, title cases etc but still no joy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Graham - I think your comment was rather rude. I didn't know how to be more
specific than what I had already explained!! "Graham Mayor" wrote: If the text isn't found then either you are not searching where you think you are searching or the string you are searching for isn't in the text. As you seem reluctant to tell us what exactly you are doing it is not possible to advise further, but 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 Natalie wrote: Luc, I have made a very simple table where people need to replace Name with their name and Mobile with their phone number. Its just text. I am using the normal Find and Replace and am getting the standard error message saying text isn't found. Natalie "Luc" wrote: Natalie, Should work in a table, could you be more specific as to what you are searching for and how you are going about it. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "Natalie" schreef in bericht ... Any suggestions on why? I have tried higlighting all the text, cleared all formatting, title cases etc but still no joy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Find and replace won't work in a table
Thanks Ian but I've already tried that.
"Ian Richardson ACITP" wrote: Hi Natalie In the find/replace box, click more and make sure match case isn't selected. This has got me a few times. HTH Ian "Graham Mayor" wrote: If the text isn't found then either you are not searching where you think you are searching or the string you are searching for isn't in the text. As you seem reluctant to tell us what exactly you are doing it is not possible to advise further, but 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 Natalie wrote: Luc, I have made a very simple table where people need to replace Name with their name and Mobile with their phone number. Its just text. I am using the normal Find and Replace and am getting the standard error message saying text isn't found. Natalie "Luc" wrote: Natalie, Should work in a table, could you be more specific as to what you are searching for and how you are going about it. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "Natalie" schreef in bericht ... Any suggestions on why? I have tried higlighting all the text, cleared all formatting, title cases etc but still no joy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Find and replace won't work in a table
Bob - I actually made a template using autoform? but people are throughout
the country and they only need to change the data once. I had already checked the formatting. "CyberTaz" wrote: Take a closer look in the F/R dialog to make sure you don't have formatting options set from a prior use of the feature. Click the 'More' button if necessary , then click the 'No Formatting' button. Also check the other settings pertaining to Case, etc. BTW - This is a local installation setting, not a doc setting, so each user has to know how to use F/R. Have you considered creating a template, perhaps using macrobutton fields? HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac |
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Find and replace won't work in a table
There was nothing rude about it - your original message was vague and you
haven't elaborated since. If you want you can e-mail the document and the requirement to the link on my web site and I will take a look. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Natalie wrote: Graham - I think your comment was rather rude. I didn't know how to be more specific than what I had already explained!! "Graham Mayor" wrote: If the text isn't found then either you are not searching where you think you are searching or the string you are searching for isn't in the text. As you seem reluctant to tell us what exactly you are doing it is not possible to advise further, but 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 Natalie wrote: Luc, I have made a very simple table where people need to replace Name with their name and Mobile with their phone number. Its just text. I am using the normal Find and Replace and am getting the standard error message saying text isn't found. Natalie "Luc" wrote: Natalie, Should work in a table, could you be more specific as to what you are searching for and how you are going about it. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "Natalie" schreef in bericht ... Any suggestions on why? I have tried higlighting all the text, cleared all formatting, title cases etc but still no joy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Find and replace won't work in a table
This is a form? You'll have to unprotect the form first!
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...ProtectDoc.htm demonstrates how to do that in a macro for a different task. Maybe you'll think me rude again for pointing out that it helps if you supply all the relevant information? We cannot see over your shoulder! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Natalie wrote: Bob - I actually made a template using autoform? but people are throughout the country and they only need to change the data once. I had already checked the formatting. "CyberTaz" wrote: Take a closer look in the F/R dialog to make sure you don't have formatting options set from a prior use of the feature. Click the 'More' button if necessary , then click the 'No Formatting' button. Also check the other settings pertaining to Case, etc. BTW - This is a local installation setting, not a doc setting, so each user has to know how to use F/R. Have you considered creating a template, perhaps using macrobutton fields? HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac |
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