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Word 2002 will allow me to use ^? to designate "any character" in the
Find dialog, but not in the Replace dialog. How, then, should I change all instances of one space following a period in a document I received to two spaces following a period? -- JN jbn 'won'oh'won'six'won' at fastmail.fm Remove spaces, and substitute digits for the words between " ' " |
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G'Day Joseph,
You can type SPACE characters directly into the find/replace boxes. Simple Search and Replace ================== To cater for the case where SOME periods are followed by two spaces, and OTHERS by only one, do the job in two steps: 1. Replace all ". " by ". " all periods are now followed by 1 space. (2 1 spaces) 2. Replace all ". " by ". " all periods are now followed by 2 spaces. (1 2 spaces) [If you are particularly unlucky, and have some periods with 3 spaces following, then first replace all ". " by ". " and then steps 1 and 2 above. (3 1 spaces)] Use Wild Cards (see Word Help) ======================= One or more occurrences of the previous character can be found by using @: Find ". @" will find a period followed by one or more spaces. (1 space) Replace all with ". " (2 spaces) Make sure that "Use wild cards" is checked. --- Regards, Pat Garard Australia _______________________ "Joseph N." wrote in message ... Word 2002 will allow me to use ^? to designate "any character" in the Find dialog, but not in the Replace dialog. How, then, should I change all instances of one space following a period in a document I received to two spaces following a period? -- JN jbn 'won'oh'won'six'won' at fastmail.fm Remove spaces, and substitute digits for the words between " ' " |
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Thanks for the two methods!
-- JN jbn 'won'oh'won'six'won' at fastmail.fm Remove spaces, and substitute digits for the words between " ' " |
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Thanks for the two methods!
-- JN jbn 'won'oh'won'six'won' at fastmail.fm Remove spaces, and substitute digits for the words between " ' " |
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