Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Eric Eric is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 235
Default Trouble with simple Find/Replace

I'm editing a long document in Word 2003. I want to replace all occurrences
of "P:" with "Paul:". In the Find box I put "P:" (without the quotes) and in
the Replace box I put "Paul:".

But instead of "Paul:", what I get is "PAUL:". I've checked the formatting
and it is NOT "All caps".

Also, when the "P:" is bold and italics, I get a bold and italic "PAUL:".

(I'm a pretty experienced user of Word, but I don't ever remember seeing
anything like this.)

What's going on?

Thanks.
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Bob Buckland ?:-\) Bob   Buckland ?:-\) is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,073
Default Trouble with simple Find/Replace

Hi Eric,

In the Find & Replace dialog, click the [More] button and select the 'match case' option.

In your example both characters, P & : are 'shifted' characters.

========
"Eric" wrote in message ...
I'm editing a long document in Word 2003. I want to replace all occurrences
of "P:" with "Paul:". In the Find box I put "P:" (without the quotes) and in
the Replace box I put "Paul:".

But instead of "Paul:", what I get is "PAUL:". I've checked the formatting
and it is NOT "All caps".

Also, when the "P:" is bold and italics, I get a bold and italic "PAUL:".

(I'm a pretty experienced user of Word, but I don't ever remember seeing
anything like this.)

What's going on?

Thanks.
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*


Reply
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Find multiple characters in one find using MSword find/replace Cliff Microsoft Word Help 2 October 29th 06 07:48 PM
Where do I find simple MS WORD down load Lessur Microsoft Word Help 1 March 29th 06 11:23 PM
Using find and replace or macros to replace page ranges JeremyC Microsoft Word Help 7 February 13th 06 09:20 PM
Find/ Replace is auto-capping the words I want to replace with Graham Mayor Microsoft Word Help 8 January 27th 06 01:39 AM
Should be simple! Macro to find italics won't run LizW Microsoft Word Help 2 November 30th 04 06:32 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:19 AM.

Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Microsoft Office Word Forum - WordBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Word"