Is it possible to use a field as a replace value in a find and replace box?

I need to replace the same piece of text many times.

Would a keyboard macro work?

Scott

Yes it is possible to use a field (a copy of a field) in the replace with
box.

What exactly are you trying to do?

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Not Really Me wrote:
Is it possible to use a field as a replace value in a find and
replace box?
I need to replace the same piece of text many times.

Would a keyboard macro work?

Scott

"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Yes it is possible to use a field (a copy of a field) in the replace with
box.

What exactly are you trying to do?

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Not Really Me wrote:
Is it possible to use a field as a replace value in a find and
replace box?
I need to replace the same piece of text many times.

Would a keyboard macro work?

Scott



Greg,
It doesn't seem to work when I try it. I have about a dozen docs ranging
from 10-80 pages that I want to make more flexible. We re-use them all the
time and need to change many items. My plan is to make the variable items
docproperties then replace the existing text with the docproperties fields.
There are enough that some form of automation would be worthwhile. I guess
this is a variation on mail merge.

When I do a copy of a field item into the replace box it only copies the
current value of the field, not the field codes. If I manually put the
field code into the replace box I get an error.

Scott

You copy the field code to the clipboard and put ^c (clipboard content) in
the replace box.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Not Really Me wrote:
"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Yes it is possible to use a field (a copy of a field) in the replace
with box.

What exactly are you trying to do?

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Not Really Me wrote:
Is it possible to use a field as a replace value in a find and
replace box?
I need to replace the same piece of text many times.

Would a keyboard macro work?

Scott



Greg,
It doesn't seem to work when I try it. I have about a dozen docs
ranging from 10-80 pages that I want to make more flexible. We
re-use them all the time and need to change many items. My plan is
to make the variable items docproperties then replace the existing
text with the docproperties fields. There are enough that some form
of automation would be worthwhile. I guess this is a variation on
mail merge.
When I do a copy of a field item into the replace box it only copies
the current value of the field, not the field codes. If I manually
put the field code into the replace box I get an error.

Scott

Thanks to Graham and Greg for the answer.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
You copy the field code to the clipboard and put ^c (clipboard content) in
the replace box.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Not Really Me wrote:
"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Yes it is possible to use a field (a copy of a field) in the replace
with box.

What exactly are you trying to do?

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Not Really Me wrote:
Is it possible to use a field as a replace value in a find and
replace box?
I need to replace the same piece of text many times.

Would a keyboard macro work?

Scott



Greg,
It doesn't seem to work when I try it. I have about a dozen docs
ranging from 10-80 pages that I want to make more flexible. We
re-use them all the time and need to change many items. My plan is
to make the variable items docproperties then replace the existing
text with the docproperties fields. There are enough that some form
of automation would be worthwhile. I guess this is a variation on
mail merge.
When I do a copy of a field item into the replace box it only copies
the current value of the field, not the field codes. If I manually
put the field code into the replace box I get an error.

Scott