[richardbelldc]

I want to delete all text between a set of phrases that start with /a and
end with /li. The text in between the brackets is all different. So I want
an expression like Replace /axxxyyydddaaa/li where the words represented
by xxx, yyy, ddd, and aaa are different words of varying lengths. Or an
expression that says, "delete everything between these two symbols or
letters."

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

In Find and Replace, click More if necessary, and enable Use wildcards.

Find what:\/a\*\/li\

Replace withleave empty)

This assumes that you want to delete the /a and /li dilimiters as well.
If you want to leave those, then set Replace with to:

/a/li

Note: because and are special characters in the Find what: field when
Use wildcards is enabled, you have to precede them with the \ character to
force Word not to interpret them as the beginning/end of a word.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
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"richardbelldc" wrote in message
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I want to delete all text between a set of phrases that start with /a and
end with /li. The text in between the brackets is all different. So I
want
an expression like Replace /axxxyyydddaaa/li where the words
represented
by xxx, yyy, ddd, and aaa are different words of varying lengths. Or an
expression that says, "delete everything between these two symbols or
letters."

[Graham Mayor]

See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm which explains what
Herb has suggested.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


richardbelldc wrote:
I want to delete all text between a set of phrases that start with
/a and end with /li. The text in between the brackets is all
different. So I want an expression like Replace /axxxyyydddaaa/li
where the words represented by xxx, yyy, ddd, and aaa are different
words of varying lengths. Or an expression that says, "delete
everything between these two symbols or letters."