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sol man uk wrote:
my seven-year-old daughter asked me to find out about selecting every
three letter word in a document

I have looked far and wide, under rocks and bath mats, on the
Internet and Microsoft web site.

I am desperate to find this, I made a promise, there has got to be a
way, somehow

so please can somebody help, I'm ready to jump out my window with
frustration