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Using Find and Replace
Hi, I've had a go but can't find the solution, is there a way of changing ALL
capital letters in a long document into bold letters in one foul swoop? thanks!! |
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Jill,
Yes. EditReplaceMore. Check "Use Wildcards." In the find what field, type: [A-Z] In the replace with field type: ^& Click FormatFont and select Bold. Replace all. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support JillC wrote: Hi, I've had a go but can't find the solution, is there a way of changing ALL capital letters in a long document into bold letters in one foul swoop? thanks!! |
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Thanks Greg, that's so helpful - BUT one problem, of course the caps at the
start of sentences are now bold, and it was just the character's names I needed in bold, i.e. when there are caps together - any way round this one? Jill "Greg Maxey" wrote: Jill, Yes. EditReplaceMore. Check "Use Wildcards." In the find what field, type: [A-Z] In the replace with field type: ^& Click FormatFont and select Bold. Replace all. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support JillC wrote: Hi, I've had a go but can't find the solution, is there a way of changing ALL capital letters in a long document into bold letters in one foul swoop? thanks!! |
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Jill,
Sure is. In the find what field type: [A-Z]{2,} which finds two or more caps together. Instead of continuing to give you fish. Here is a net :-): http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support JillC wrote: Thanks Greg, that's so helpful - BUT one problem, of course the caps at the start of sentences are now bold, and it was just the character's names I needed in bold, i.e. when there are caps together - any way round this one? Jill "Greg Maxey" wrote: Jill, Yes. EditReplaceMore. Check "Use Wildcards." In the find what field, type: [A-Z] In the replace with field type: ^& Click FormatFont and select Bold. Replace all. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support JillC wrote: Hi, I've had a go but can't find the solution, is there a way of changing ALL capital letters in a long document into bold letters in one foul swoop? thanks!! |
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Thanks a million Greg, saved me hours! :-)
"Greg Maxey" wrote: Jill, Sure is. In the find what field type: [A-Z]{2,} which finds two or more caps together. Instead of continuing to give you fish. Here is a net :-): http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support JillC wrote: Thanks Greg, that's so helpful - BUT one problem, of course the caps at the start of sentences are now bold, and it was just the character's names I needed in bold, i.e. when there are caps together - any way round this one? Jill "Greg Maxey" wrote: Jill, Yes. EditReplaceMore. Check "Use Wildcards." In the find what field, type: [A-Z] In the replace with field type: ^& Click FormatFont and select Bold. Replace all. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support JillC wrote: Hi, I've had a go but can't find the solution, is there a way of changing ALL capital letters in a long document into bold letters in one foul swoop? thanks!! |
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I'd be most grateful for help with the following problem. My challenge is to
take a long bibliography, consisting of entries such as the three following, and get rid of everything except the author's last name and initials. I thought I could do this with Find/Replace, by simply entering .*. in the Find Box and leaving Replace empty. I thought that this would get rid of all periods and everything in between, leaving only the surnames and first initial. (Losing the second is not a huge problem). But Find/Replace doesn't seem to include blank spaces in the wildcard string. And since these can come in any number and order (between words, following periods, etc.), I can't think of a good way to achieve my aim. IS THERE in fact a way to do what I'd like, or am I dreaming? Thanks in advance! Abbadi, S. 1996. 'New Safatic Inscriptions Dated to the Last Quarter of the First Century B.C.' [in Arabic]. Abth al yarmï‚´k: 1-20. Ahl, F. 1984. The Art of Safe Criticism in Greece and Rome. AJPh 105: 174-208. Aitken, E. B. 2001. €˜Portraying the Temple in Stone and Text: the Arch of Titus and the Epistle to the Hebrews, in J. Neusner and J. F. Strange (eds.), Religious Texts and Material Contexts: Studies in Ancient Judaism. Lanham, Maryland. 73-87. |
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Aliturus.
Try .*^13 Whch is everything from the first period to the segment paragraph mark. Put a single period in the replace with field. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support Aliturus wrote: I'd be most grateful for help with the following problem. My challenge is to take a long bibliography, consisting of entries such as the three following, and get rid of everything except the author's last name and initials. I thought I could do this with Find/Replace, by simply entering .*. in the Find Box and leaving Replace empty. I thought that this would get rid of all periods and everything in between, leaving only the surnames and first initial. (Losing the second is not a huge problem). But Find/Replace doesn't seem to include blank spaces in the wildcard string. And since these can come in any number and order (between words, following periods, etc.), I can't think of a good way to achieve my aim. IS THERE in fact a way to do what I'd like, or am I dreaming? Thanks in advance! Abbadi, S. 1996. 'New Safatic Inscriptions Dated to the Last Quarter of the First Century B.C.' [in Arabic]. Ab??th al yarm?k: 1-20. Ahl, F. 1984. The Art of Safe Criticism in Greece and Rome. AJPh 105: 174-208. Aitken, E. B. 2001. 'Portraying the Temple in Stone and Text: the Arch of Titus and the Epistle to the Hebrews', in J. Neusner and J. F. Strange (eds.), Religious Texts and Material Contexts: Studies in Ancient Judaism. Lanham, Maryland. 73-87. |
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Use a Wildcard Seach and Replace (Click on More in the dialog and check the
Use Wildcards box) with [0-9]{4}*^13 in the Find what control and ^p in the replace with control. See the article "Finding and replacing characters using wildcards" at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm -- Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Aliturus" wrote in message news I'd be most grateful for help with the following problem. My challenge is to take a long bibliography, consisting of entries such as the three following, and get rid of everything except the author's last name and initials. I thought I could do this with Find/Replace, by simply entering .*. in the Find Box and leaving Replace empty. I thought that this would get rid of all periods and everything in between, leaving only the surnames and first initial. (Losing the second is not a huge problem). But Find/Replace doesn't seem to include blank spaces in the wildcard string. And since these can come in any number and order (between words, following periods, etc.), I can't think of a good way to achieve my aim. IS THERE in fact a way to do what I'd like, or am I dreaming? Thanks in advance! Abbadi, S. 1996. 'New Safatic Inscriptions Dated to the Last Quarter of the First Century B.C.' [in Arabic]. Ab??th al yarm?k: 1-20. Ahl, F. 1984. The Art of Safe Criticism in Greece and Rome. AJPh 105: 174-208. Aitken, E. B. 2001. 'Portraying the Temple in Stone and Text: the Arch of Titus and the Epistle to the Hebrews', in J. Neusner and J. F. Strange (eds.), Religious Texts and Material Contexts: Studies in Ancient Judaism. Lanham, Maryland. 73-87. |
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Doug's is the better way. I hadn't noticed that the start of the undesired
text all started with the four digit date. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support Aliturus wrote: I'd be most grateful for help with the following problem. My challenge is to take a long bibliography, consisting of entries such as the three following, and get rid of everything except the author's last name and initials. I thought I could do this with Find/Replace, by simply entering .*. in the Find Box and leaving Replace empty. I thought that this would get rid of all periods and everything in between, leaving only the surnames and first initial. (Losing the second is not a huge problem). But Find/Replace doesn't seem to include blank spaces in the wildcard string. And since these can come in any number and order (between words, following periods, etc.), I can't think of a good way to achieve my aim. IS THERE in fact a way to do what I'd like, or am I dreaming? Thanks in advance! Abbadi, S. 1996. 'New Safatic Inscriptions Dated to the Last Quarter of the First Century B.C.' [in Arabic]. Ab??th al yarm?k: 1-20. Ahl, F. 1984. The Art of Safe Criticism in Greece and Rome. AJPh 105: 174-208. Aitken, E. B. 2001. 'Portraying the Temple in Stone and Text: the Arch of Titus and the Epistle to the Hebrews', in J. Neusner and J. F. Strange (eds.), Religious Texts and Material Contexts: Studies in Ancient Judaism. Lanham, Maryland. 73-87. |
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Thanks to both Greg and Doug for their time and trouble. It's great to know
there is such help available. I was probably doing something wrong, and couldn't get either method to work (Find/Replace couldn't find anything with these conditions), and in the end just figured that a couple of hours doing it manually was probably necessary. I'm still interested in the logical problem, also for future use, but it's not urgent now. Thanks a bunch! "Greg Maxey" wrote: Doug's is the better way. I hadn't noticed that the start of the undesired text all started with the four digit date. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support Aliturus wrote: I'd be most grateful for help with the following problem. My challenge is to take a long bibliography, consisting of entries such as the three following, and get rid of everything except the author's last name and initials. I thought I could do this with Find/Replace, by simply entering .*. in the Find Box and leaving Replace empty. I thought that this would get rid of all periods and everything in between, leaving only the surnames and first initial. (Losing the second is not a huge problem). But Find/Replace doesn't seem to include blank spaces in the wildcard string. And since these can come in any number and order (between words, following periods, etc.), I can't think of a good way to achieve my aim. IS THERE in fact a way to do what I'd like, or am I dreaming? Thanks in advance! Abbadi, S. 1996. 'New Safatic Inscriptions Dated to the Last Quarter of the First Century B.C.' [in Arabic]. Ab??th al yarm?k: 1-20. Ahl, F. 1984. The Art of Safe Criticism in Greece and Rome. AJPh 105: 174-208. Aitken, E. B. 2001. 'Portraying the Temple in Stone and Text: the Arch of Titus and the Epistle to the Hebrews', in J. Neusner and J. F. Strange (eds.), Religious Texts and Material Contexts: Studies in Ancient Judaism. Lanham, Maryland. 73-87. |
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You may find http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm helpful.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Aliturus wrote: Thanks to both Greg and Doug for their time and trouble. It's great to know there is such help available. I was probably doing something wrong, and couldn't get either method to work (Find/Replace couldn't find anything with these conditions), and in the end just figured that a couple of hours doing it manually was probably necessary. I'm still interested in the logical problem, also for future use, but it's not urgent now. Thanks a bunch! "Greg Maxey" wrote: Doug's is the better way. I hadn't noticed that the start of the undesired text all started with the four digit date. -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support Aliturus wrote: I'd be most grateful for help with the following problem. My challenge is to take a long bibliography, consisting of entries such as the three following, and get rid of everything except the author's last name and initials. I thought I could do this with Find/Replace, by simply entering .*. in the Find Box and leaving Replace empty. I thought that this would get rid of all periods and everything in between, leaving only the surnames and first initial. (Losing the second is not a huge problem). But Find/Replace doesn't seem to include blank spaces in the wildcard string. And since these can come in any number and order (between words, following periods, etc.), I can't think of a good way to achieve my aim. IS THERE in fact a way to do what I'd like, or am I dreaming? Thanks in advance! Abbadi, S. 1996. 'New Safatic Inscriptions Dated to the Last Quarter of the First Century B.C.' [in Arabic]. Ab??th al yarm?k: 1-20. Ahl, F. 1984. The Art of Safe Criticism in Greece and Rome. AJPh 105: 174-208. Aitken, E. B. 2001. 'Portraying the Temple in Stone and Text: the Arch of Titus and the Epistle to the Hebrews', in J. Neusner and J. F. Strange (eds.), Religious Texts and Material Contexts: Studies in Ancient Judaism. Lanham, Maryland. 73-87. |
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