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Default Updating captions from Table 1 blah blah blah to Table 1. blah blah blah

The following should work: Show field codes in Word, which you can do by
pressing Alt+F9 (acts as a toggle). Press Ctrl+H to display the Replace tab
of the Find and Replace dialog box.

"Find what": ^d SEQ

"Replace with": ^&.

Click Replace All.

When you are done, hide field codes again.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"BHW" wrote in message
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Hi,

I've got a doc w/about 100 tables/figures. Style guidelines suggest
captions read Table X. blah blah blah

Is there a way (other than manual) to update my existing captions,
which lack the "." after the table number?

Also, I don't want the figure/table TOCs affected. I tried wildcards/
search/replace, but the wildcards don't seem to like the field codes
that are behind the table and figure numbers, e.g.{ SEQ Table \*
ARABIC } "

Thanks!