[Amandar097]

I pasted some text into my Word document, but instead of using tabs to
separate sections, there are several spaces. Can I use find and replace to
replace all four space sections with a tab instead?

Thanks,
Amanda

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I am not really sure what you mean by a "space section", but to replace
something with a tab space, insert ^t in the Replace with section of the
EditReplace dialog. If it is four spaces that you want to replace, press
the space bar four times when the cursor is in the Find what box of the
dialog.

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"Amandar097" wrote in message
...
I pasted some text into my Word document, but instead of using tabs to
separate sections, there are several spaces. Can I use find and replace
to
replace all four space sections with a tab instead?

Thanks,
Amanda

[Graham Mayor]

If they are variable multiple spaces then with the wildcard option set
replace
[ ]{2,}
with
^t

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
I am not really sure what you mean by a "space section", but to
replace something with a tab space, insert ^t in the Replace with
section of the EditReplace dialog. If it is four spaces that you
want to replace, press the space bar four times when the cursor is in
the Find what box of the dialog.


"Amandar097" wrote in message
...
I pasted some text into my Word document, but instead of using tabs
to separate sections, there are several spaces. Can I use find and
replace to
replace all four space sections with a tab instead?

Thanks,
Amanda

[Amandar097]

Thank you both - that worked.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If they are variable multiple spaces then with the wildcard option set
replace
[ ]{2,}
with
^t

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
I am not really sure what you mean by a "space section", but to
replace something with a tab space, insert ^t in the Replace with
section of the EditReplace dialog. If it is four spaces that you
want to replace, press the space bar four times when the cursor is in
the Find what box of the dialog.


"Amandar097" wrote in message
...
I pasted some text into my Word document, but instead of using tabs
to separate sections, there are several spaces. Can I use find and
replace to
replace all four space sections with a tab instead?

Thanks,
Amanda