Hi,

I have many lists of numbers typed into a Word 2000 document.
Each specific number needs to be one of 3 colors (Red, Black
or Green). So, what I what I would like to do is find a way to
use something like a "search and replace" to alter some of
the current numbers, which are all Black, and change them to
either Red or Green depending on the specific number.

Very, very tedious to do them by hand.

E.g. 1 2 3 4 5 6 - the 1, 3, 5 need to be red.

Doable? How?


Thanks.

You can use Find and Replace to change the font color. Using wildcards, you
can do more than one number at a time.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"G-Artist" wrote in message
nk.net...
Hi,

I have many lists of numbers typed into a Word 2000 document.
Each specific number needs to be one of 3 colors (Red, Black
or Green). So, what I what I would like to do is find a way to
use something like a "search and replace" to alter some of
the current numbers, which are all Black, and change them to
either Red or Green depending on the specific number.

Very, very tedious to do them by hand.

E.g. 1 2 3 4 5 6 - the 1, 3, 5 need to be red.

Doable? How?


Thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ...
You can use Find and Replace to change the font color. Using wildcards, you
can do more than one number at a time.

Thanks for the reply. Could you be a bit more specific as to how
that is done? I don't seem to see a color option among the ones
shown.


Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"G-Artist" wrote in message
nk.net...
Hi,

I have many lists of numbers typed into a Word 2000 document.
Each specific number needs to be one of 3 colors (Red, Black
or Green). So, what I what I would like to do is find a way to
use something like a "search and replace" to alter some of
the current numbers, which are all Black, and change them to
either Red or Green depending on the specific number.

Very, very tedious to do them by hand.

E.g. 1 2 3 4 5 6 - the 1, 3, 5 need to be red.

Doable? How?


Thanks.

In the find box put
[135]{1}
in the replace box put
^&
Click the 'More' button
With your cursor in the replace box
Format font and check the colour as red
Check the 'Use wildcards' box

See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




G-Artist wrote:
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
You can use Find and Replace to change the font color. Using
wildcards, you can do more than one number at a time.

Thanks for the reply. Could you be a bit more specific as to how
that is done? I don't seem to see a color option among the ones
shown.


Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"G-Artist" wrote in message
nk.net...
Hi,

I have many lists of numbers typed into a Word 2000 document.
Each specific number needs to be one of 3 colors (Red, Black
or Green). So, what I what I would like to do is find a way to
use something like a "search and replace" to alter some of
the current numbers, which are all Black, and change them to
either Red or Green depending on the specific number.

Very, very tedious to do them by hand.

E.g. 1 2 3 4 5 6 - the 1, 3, 5 need to be red.

Doable? How?


Thanks.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message ...
In the find box put
[135]{1}
in the replace box put
^&
Click the 'More' button
With your cursor in the replace box
Format font and check the colour as red
Check the 'Use wildcards' box

I did it all as you laid it out. Nothing gets changed.


See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




G-Artist wrote:
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
You can use Find and Replace to change the font color. Using
wildcards, you can do more than one number at a time.

Thanks for the reply. Could you be a bit more specific as to how
that is done? I don't seem to see a color option among the ones
shown.


Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"G-Artist" wrote in message
nk.net...
Hi,

I have many lists of numbers typed into a Word 2000 document.
Each specific number needs to be one of 3 colors (Red, Black
or Green). So, what I what I would like to do is find a way to
use something like a "search and replace" to alter some of
the current numbers, which are all Black, and change them to
either Red or Green depending on the specific number.

Very, very tedious to do them by hand.

E.g. 1 2 3 4 5 6 - the 1, 3, 5 need to be red.

Doable? How?


Thanks.

It works here. Make sure that the insertion point is in the "Replace with"
box when you format the font color as red. The bug that bites me every time
is that, even though you have the insertion point there when you click More,
it jumps back to "Find what," and you end up applying the font formatting to
"Find what" instead.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"G-Artist" wrote in message
k.net...

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
In the find box put
[135]{1}
in the replace box put
^&
Click the 'More' button
With your cursor in the replace box
Format font and check the colour as red
Check the 'Use wildcards' box

I did it all as you laid it out. Nothing gets changed.


See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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




G-Artist wrote:
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
You can use Find and Replace to change the font color. Using
wildcards, you can do more than one number at a time.

Thanks for the reply. Could you be a bit more specific as to how
that is done? I don't seem to see a color option among the ones
shown.


Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"G-Artist" wrote in message
nk.net...
Hi,

I have many lists of numbers typed into a Word 2000 document.
Each specific number needs to be one of 3 colors (Red, Black
or Green). So, what I what I would like to do is find a way to
use something like a "search and replace" to alter some of
the current numbers, which are all Black, and change them to
either Red or Green depending on the specific number.

Very, very tedious to do them by hand.

E.g. 1 2 3 4 5 6 - the 1, 3, 5 need to be red.

Doable? How?


Thanks.