[gr8fuldave]

Originally Posted by Lisa Wilke-Thissen

Hi,

I really can't tell. i looked at the document in
every view type, and it just doesn't show it.

but you do know, how to show all formatting marks in a Word document?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...010102250.aspx

I would be happy to send you a page for research
if you think you can help.

I think to get the document would help, but it is not necessary. We just
need the information about the systematic:
Where has Word to stop highlighting? Is it a full stop, is it a paragraph
mark, is it a manual line break, is it a colon?
Where does the firstname end?

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Cheers,
Lisa

Hi Lisa,
Thanks for the tip-each "first name" is followed by a paragraph mark.

[gr8fuldave]

Originally Posted by gr8fuldave

Hi Lisa,
Thanks for the tip-each "first name" is followed by a paragraph mark.

the exact format is:
*lastname (including Jr, III, etc), First name(paragraph)

How do I search this string and highlight it and cut/copy?

Thanks!

[Lisa Wilke-Thissen]

Hi,

Thanks for the tip-each "first name" is followed by a paragraph mark.

the exact format is:
*lastname (including Jr, III, etc), First name(paragraph)

using wildcards, you cannot search for a "paragraph mark". So you have to
use the code ^013.

Find | Find what:
\*(*)^013
[= asterix, 0 or more characters, paragraph mark]
Find in: Main document

Now all occurances of "*...........¶" are selected, and you can copy them.

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Cheers,
Lisa

[gr8fuldave]

That worked perfectly! WOW you are amazing!

Next question-final for this project (I hope).

I do the search, it highlights all the names as you instructed. I want to cut/paste, but for some reason when I go from "Search" back to document, I control C, it does not cut the highlighted selection.

Can you tell me what I am doing incorrectly?

Thanks so much you are TERRIFIC!

Dave

Originally Posted by Lisa Wilke-Thissen

Hi,

Thanks for the tip-each "first name" is followed by a paragraph mark.

the exact format is:
*lastname (including Jr, III, etc), First name(paragraph)

using wildcards, you cannot search for a "paragraph mark". So you have to
use the code ^013.

Find | Find what:
\*(*)^013
[= asterix, 0 or more characters, paragraph mark]
Find in: Main document

Now all occurances of "*...........¶" are selected, and you can copy them.

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Cheers,
Lisa

[Peter T. Daniels]

Ctrl-C is Copy. Ctrl-X is Cut to clipboard (which I think is what you said
you want). but after Ctrl-C, it's all on the clipboard ready to be pasted
(Ctrl-V) somewhere else.

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:53:05 PM UTC-5, gr8fuldave wrote:
That worked perfectly! WOW you are amazing!
Next question-final for this project (I hope).
I do the search, it highlights all the names as you instructed. I want
to cut/paste, but for some reason when I go from "Search" back to
document, I control C, it does not cut the highlighted selection.
Can you tell me what I am doing incorrectly?
Thanks so much you are TERRIFIC!

[gr8fuldave]

You would think so! But for some reason, when I try it, it doesn't cut or copy. I am going from my search back to the document (clicking the document) I can see all the highlighted things I want to copy (they have become yellow), but when I Ctrl-C nothing happens...

ugggh!

Originally Posted by Peter T. Daniels

Ctrl-C is Copy. Ctrl-X is Cut to clipboard (which I think is what you said
you want). but after Ctrl-C, it's all on the clipboard ready to be pasted
(Ctrl-V) somewhere else.

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:53:05 PM UTC-5, gr8fuldave wrote:
That worked perfectly! WOW you are amazing!
Next question-final for this project (I hope).
I do the search, it highlights all the names as you instructed. I want
to cut/paste, but for some reason when I go from "Search" back to
document, I control C, it does not cut the highlighted selection.
Can you tell me what I am doing incorrectly?
Thanks so much you are TERRIFIC!

[Peter T. Daniels]

Highlighting isn't Selecting.

On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:50:36 PM UTC-5, gr8fuldave wrote:
You would think so! But for some reason, when I try it, it doesn't cut
or copy. I am going from my search back to the document (clicking the
document) I can see all the highlighted things I want to copy (they have
become yellow), but when I Ctrl-C nothing happens...

ugggh!

Peter T. Daniels;495149 Wrote:

Ctrl-C is Copy. Ctrl-X is Cut to clipboard (which I think is what you
said
you want). but after Ctrl-C, it's all on the clipboard ready to be
pasted
(Ctrl-V) somewhere else.

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:53:05 PM UTC-5, gr8fuldave wrote:-
That worked perfectly! WOW you are amazing!
Next question-final for this project (I hope).
I do the search, it highlights all the names as you instructed. I want
to cut/paste, but for some reason when I go from "Search" back to
document, I control C, it does not cut the highlighted selection.
Can you tell me what I am doing incorrectly?
Thanks so much you are TERRIFIC!-