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Search and replace problem
Notice that in the extract I have quoted below there is no space after
the ")". For presentational purposes, I need to insert a space, but I am working with large amounts of text, and I would like to use Search & Replace. I can't see how to do this. I need to replace ")" followed by any non-space character with ")", then a space, then the same non-space character. Is there any way of doing that? I use Word 2003 and 2000, both on XP. (1)companies which were dormant at the inception of the 2004 regime; (2)most small enterprises; and (3)most medium-sized enterprises, with reservation. |
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Search and replace problem
Did you try end paren space in the replace box ?
"Brian Clarke" wrote in message ... Notice that in the extract I have quoted below there is no space after the ")". For presentational purposes, I need to insert a space, but I am working with large amounts of text, and I would like to use Search & Replace. I can't see how to do this. I need to replace ")" followed by any non-space character with ")", then a space, then the same non-space character. Is there any way of doing that? I use Word 2003 and 2000, both on XP. (1)companies which were dormant at the inception of the 2004 regime; (2)most small enterprises; and (3)most medium-sized enterprises, with reservation. |
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Search and replace problem
With the wildcard option set replace
(\([0-9]{1,}\)) with \1space where space is a press of the spacebar -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Brian Clarke wrote: Notice that in the extract I have quoted below there is no space after the ")". For presentational purposes, I need to insert a space, but I am working with large amounts of text, and I would like to use Search & Replace. I can't see how to do this. I need to replace ")" followed by any non-space character with ")", then a space, then the same non-space character. Is there any way of doing that? I use Word 2003 and 2000, both on XP. (1)companies which were dormant at the inception of the 2004 regime; (2)most small enterprises; and (3)most medium-sized enterprises, with reservation. |
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Search and replace problem
For just these numbered items, could you use a different approach? Try this:
Find what: (^#) Replace with: ^&space where space represents a space character. If this results in two spaces after some parentheses, you can always make another run and replace two spaces with one. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Brian Clarke" wrote in message ... Notice that in the extract I have quoted below there is no space after the ")". For presentational purposes, I need to insert a space, but I am working with large amounts of text, and I would like to use Search & Replace. I can't see how to do this. I need to replace ")" followed by any non-space character with ")", then a space, then the same non-space character. Is there any way of doing that? I use Word 2003 and 2000, both on XP. (1)companies which were dormant at the inception of the 2004 regime; (2)most small enterprises; and (3)most medium-sized enterprises, with reservation. |
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