Mark, I've been saving this tip up for a while now and finally tried it. It works beautifully! I have to add a font to it so that I don't eliminate multiple spaces from my program code examples. I was wondering if you would mind if I put this in a Soc. for Tech. Communicators journal. I'd attribute it to you and name the VBA Web site as you have done. I look forward to hearing from you... -----Original Message----- From: mkofler [mailto:mkofler@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, 6 October 2006 6:35 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Re: Mistakes and editing While on the topic of mistakes and editing I found this which I think most will find incredibly useful - a quick way to find and replace multiple spaces between words in a Word document. In the Find Replace dialog box, select the Wildcard checkbox, then type the following expression in the Find what box, repalcing the word "space" with an actual space: space[space]@([!space]) Type the following expression in the Replace box, also replacing the word "space" with an actual space. space\1 This will find and replace multiple spaces between words. I found this on http://vbaexpress.com in the Word Macro section. I think you have to be a member to see code examples though. Cheers Mark ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************