[fofficecommunityk]

In my papers, dates are formatted as 3.19.08. I want to replace the periods
with dashes- all in one operation.

[Bojingles03]

On the home tab, go to find
Type your date in the find box
add your new date to the replace box
click replace all

"fofficecommunityk" wrote:

In my papers, dates are formatted as 3.19.08. I want to replace the periods
with dashes- all in one operation.

[Jay Freedman]

fofficecommunityk wrote:
In my papers, dates are formatted as 3.19.08. I want to replace the
periods with dashes- all in one operation.

Use a wildcard search (http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm),
finding

([0-9]@).([0-9]@).([0-9]@)

and replacing it with

\1-\2-\3

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Jay Freedman
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[fofficecommunityk]

That's almost too simple. Thanks, Jay!
And the link to gmayor helped me better understand how you figured that out,
and perhaps how I can figure out the next find and replace.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

fofficecommunityk wrote:
In my papers, dates are formatted as 3.19.08. I want to replace the
periods with dashes- all in one operation.

Use a wildcard search (http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm),
finding

([0-9]@).([0-9]@).([0-9]@)

and replacing it with

\1-\2-\3

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.