[Ed from AZ]

I have a report that needs updating every few weeks. The previous
info in one section is deleted and replaced with new info. It was a
bit of a pain going through to find everything new and delete it. I
got the bright idea to create a style for use with the new info, then
CTRL+H and replace the styule with nothing, thus quickly deleting all
the new stuff and leaving me with a blank slate.

Except it's _too_ blank!! Some of the paragraphs have a "leader" - a
few words followed by a colon and two spaces - to introduce the
paragraphs that follow - that need to stay. But they got formatted
with the rest of the paragraph, and get deleted with the rest of the
paragraph.

Is there some way I can remove these words from the formatted style so
they are not seen and deleted?

Ed

[Stefan Blom]

Have you considered using a *character style*? Such a style can be applied
to part of a paragraph (and it can be replaced with nothing to delete the
text).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Ed from AZ" wrote in message
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I have a report that needs updating every few weeks. The previous
info in one section is deleted and replaced with new info. It was a
bit of a pain going through to find everything new and delete it. I
got the bright idea to create a style for use with the new info, then
CTRL+H and replace the styule with nothing, thus quickly deleting all
the new stuff and leaving me with a blank slate.

Except it's _too_ blank!! Some of the paragraphs have a "leader" - a
few words followed by a colon and two spaces - to introduce the
paragraphs that follow - that need to stay. But they got formatted
with the rest of the paragraph, and get deleted with the rest of the
paragraph.

Is there some way I can remove these words from the formatted style so
they are not seen and deleted?

Ed

[Ed from AZ]

I'm not really used to using styles at all, Stefan. But that sounds
like the way to go. I will study up on that and apply it. Thank you!

Ed


On Oct 10, 11:40 pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote:
Have you considered using a *character style*? Such a style can be applied
to part of a paragraph (and it can be replaced with nothing to delete the
text).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"Ed from AZ" wrote in message

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I have a report that needs updating every few weeks. The previous
info in one section is deleted and replaced with new info. It was a
bit of a pain going through to find everything new and delete it. I
got the bright idea to create a style for use with the new info, then
CTRL+H and replace the styule with nothing, thus quickly deleting all
the new stuff and leaving me with a blank slate.

Except it's _too_ blank!! Some of the paragraphs have a "leader" - a
few words followed by a colon and two spaces - to introduce the
paragraphs that follow - that need to stay. But they got formatted
with the rest of the paragraph, and get deleted with the rest of the
paragraph.

Is there some way I can remove these words from the formatted style so
they are not seen and deleted?

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[Stefan Blom]

I'm glad I could help.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Ed from AZ" wrote:

I'm not really used to using styles at all, Stefan. But that sounds
like the way to go. I will study up on that and apply it. Thank you!

Ed


On Oct 10, 11:40 pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote:
Have you considered using a *character style*? Such a style can be applied
to part of a paragraph (and it can be replaced with nothing to delete the
text).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"Ed from AZ" wrote in message

oups.com...



I have a report that needs updating every few weeks. The previous
info in one section is deleted and replaced with new info. It was a
bit of a pain going through to find everything new and delete it. I
got the bright idea to create a style for use with the new info, then
CTRL+H and replace the styule with nothing, thus quickly deleting all
the new stuff and leaving me with a blank slate.

Except it's _too_ blank!! Some of the paragraphs have a "leader" - a
few words followed by a colon and two spaces - to introduce the
paragraphs that follow - that need to stay. But they got formatted
with the rest of the paragraph, and get deleted with the rest of the
paragraph.

Is there some way I can remove these words from the formatted style so
they are not seen and deleted?

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