Re: [PCWorks] Find/Replace in MSWord
- From: Hugh Vandervoort <hughv2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:04:25 -0400
Well, maybe you can, with wildcards.
Word Help:
"Search by using wildcards
Use wildcards to find and replace
For example, use the asterisk (*) wildcard to search for a string of
characters ("s*d" finds "sad" and "started").
On the Edit menu, click Find or Replace.
If you don't see the Use wildcards check box, click More.
Select the Use wildcards check box.
Enter a wildcard character in the Find What box. Do one of the following:
To choose a wildcard character from a list, click Special, click a
wildcard character, and then type any additional text in the Find what
box.
Type a wildcard character directly in the Find what box.
If you want to replace the item, enter what you want to use as a
replacement in the Replace with box.
Click Find Next, Replace, or Replace All"
Try searching for<???>. Be sure to check "Use Wildcards" .
Can't hurt to try and it seems as though it should work.
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin
<PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If they are different you simply cannot. You can't tell a
> program to replace "something" (abc) with something else if
> "something" (abc) is different in each case. Well you can, but
> you would have to do it (in your example) 300 times.
> -Clint
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Braunstein Harold & Joan"
>
> Hello again ... using MSWord, part of Office:Mac in an Apple
> system but I think this is an MSWord question.
> 1. Let's say I have a line like this: "XYZ <abc> ... 123"
> 2. Let's say I have 300 lines like the above but each with a
> different initial 3 letters, each with a different <URL> and
> each with a different numeral combination. In other words, I
> have 300 different lines in the "XYZ <abc> ... 123" format.
> 3. Now what I want to do is remove the <abc> (including the
> brackets) from each of the 300 lines (remember that the <abc>
> is different in each case)
> 4. How can this be done using what I think would be the
> Find/Replace feature in MSWord? --- Harold
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