hi,

i am using Microsoft Office 2003. I am having a problem with Search/Replace
in Word 2003. For example, when I find Font: "Times New Roman", Size: 10
Points, Word is not showing me the portion with the above mentioned
formatting. But at the same time, it is showing other formatting like 8
points or Font color: Balck etc.. This problem is coming with some particular
files only. I couldn't find any difference in the options used by me on all
these files. Please help me.

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Thanks and Regards,
Renjith R Nair

Hi ?B?UmVuaml0aA==?=,

i am using Microsoft Office 2003. I am having a problem with Search/Replace
in Word 2003. For example, when I find Font: "Times New Roman", Size: 10
Points, Word is not showing me the portion with the above mentioned
formatting. But at the same time, it is showing other formatting like 8
points or Font color: Balck etc.. This problem is coming with some particular
files only. I couldn't find any difference in the options used by me on all
these files.

The only thing I've ever encountered that even comes close to what you describe
is searching some kind of font formatting, and Word doesn't find all the
instances in the document. The reason for that problem is that Find/Replace also
"sees" the information for Asian/RTL formatting, which isn't changed in an
interface where these options aren't active. So, for example, the LTR is 10 pt
and the RTL is set at 12 pt; therefore, Word doesn't find the text when you
search for 10 pt.

However, this problem does not result in finding other things, instead.

I do have to wonder, however, if there's some connection. IOW, Word may be
finding things where a RTL setting meets the font criteria.

Use a copy of a document for the following test. Delete all but a paragraph of
text where you can reproduce the problem. Test, to make sure you're still seeing
the problem. Note the exact text where it's happening. And check whether the
formatting is coming from a style, or has been directly applied.

Now save the file to HTML format. Go to View/HTML Source. Look for the
formatting information. Here's an example of what I mean. I changed the
definition of the Normal style to use 9 pt, instead of the default 12 pt.
font-size is 9.0, but mso-bidi-font-size is 12. So if I search for 9 pt text in
my document, Find/Replace won't get a "hit" because it's trying to reconcile
with the 12 pt. as well. If I were to manually change mso-bidi-font-size in the
HTML to 9 pt, Find/Replace would then work.

/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:9.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}


Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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