Even though you used the "^" codes for the parentheses, they still have to
be escaped with a backslash so they won't be interpreted as special
characters. So you might as well just use escaped parentheses instead of the
codes:
^t^t\([0-9]{1,2}\)^t
Graham mentions this in the third-to-last paragraph on
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm.
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Ed wrote:
*sigh* One of these days I'll get it! .. maybe ..
I have a list with items indented with two tabs, sequential numbers in
parentheses, and a tab (manually inserted, not autogenerated). With
"Use Wildcards" checked, I'm trying to Find
^t^t^40[0-9]{1,2}^41^t
and it says "Search item not found".
What do I have wrong?
Ed
PS - Word XP