[Alan]

I need to change several hundred figures like 12.345 to 12,345, and 12,3% to
12.3%.
In the past (Word 2003), I've done this using wildcards, with the following
find and search strings:
([0-9])([0-9])([0-9]).([0-9])([0-9])
\1\2\3.\4\5
However, in 2007, I'm getting:
12345,
and
123%,
FWIW, I've also tried using the "beginning of word" and "end of word"
parameters, but to no avail.
Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks,

[Jay Freedman]

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:37:01 -0700, Alan wrote:

I need to change several hundred figures like 12.345 to 12,345, and 12,3% to
12.3%.
In the past (Word 2003), I've done this using wildcards, with the following
find and search strings:
([0-9])([0-9])([0-9]).([0-9])([0-9])
\1\2\3.\4\5
However, in 2007, I'm getting:
12345,
and
123%,
FWIW, I've also tried using the "beginning of word" and "end of word"
parameters, but to no avail.
Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks,

Assuming that you actually had a comma in the search expression rather than the
period you showed, that should work -- and on my computer it does work
correctly.

Try a variation: search for

([0-9]@),([0-9]@)

and replace with

\1.\2

That should change all numbers that have one or more digits on both sides of the
comma.

One other thought: I do vaguely recall some bug having to do with the order of
replacements, but I'm not seeing it now. If you haven't yet installed Office
2007 SP1, visit the Microsoft Update site and get it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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