I like your way. It looks simpler than mine. I was checking the box for case
sensitivity and searching for
^pa
^pb
^pc
Etc.
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy s.
Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 8:22 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Finding sentences that are incorrectly broken by
paragraph marks
Hi all,
The new proofreading manual has 26 step process to find incorrect paragraph
breaks in the middle of sentences that sometimes happen during the scanning and
OCRing process.
I've been fudging around with a wildcard search to do this in Microsoft Word
and wanted to share what I'm using now.
To do this, you use a special kind of search, with the "use wildcards" option
in the find and replace dialogue.
1. In the Find and Replace dialogue box, click on the button that is marked
"More." This will expand the options that are available in the Find and
Replace box to include a new list of Search Options.
2. In the list of Search Options, check the box for "use wildcards" (you can
also do this while in the Search box by typing alt U, which is alt capital U).
3. In the find box, enter [(a-z)]^13 (that is left-parentheses
left-square-bracket lowercase-a hyphen lowercase-z right-square-bracket
right-parentheses caret 13)
4. Start searching (using an alt f to find) and examine each instance to see if
it needs correction.
When you're finished with this search, make sure you uncheck the use wildcards
box in the find and replace dialogue. You don't want it to remain checked
because it will affect other searches you will make later.
--
Judy s.
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