Hi Judy, Your instructions were just what I needed. I saved them in case I have this problem again!! Thanks bunches!! Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:16 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: For Sue - how to use find and replace to get rid of double dashes around page numbers Hi Denise, thanks for the thought. smile. I could have made a macro to put the steps into a one keystroke solution. However, I was writing these solutions up for volunteers who may have different versions of Word than mine and may or may not know how to take a macro I've created and then install it on their Word. So I decided that it's a bit safer to write up the instructions. smile. My husband and I are actually both pretty geeky, grin. He's the real geeks geek, however, as he used to design computer chips for a living as well as owned his own software development company before moving on to work in statistics and theoretical mathematics. yeah, we're both boring techies. grin. Judy s. Denise Thompson wrote: > Judy why can't you create a macro to do the steps you outline. Sounds > like your husband is a computer buff, maybe he can design the macro. > I've done some, but I'm not an expert by a long shot. > Denise > > > At 12:43 PM 1/1/2010, you wrote: >> Hi Soronel, >> >> Unfortunately, Word isn't sophisticated enough. It only contains a >> subset of the necessary regular expression capability that would be >> needed to make one singular regular expression to do this. Which is >> one of many reasons why I hate Word. grin. >> >> Judy s. >> >> Soronel Haetir wrote: >>> With a little work it should be possible to make a single regular >>> expression that will perform this operation regardless of whether >>> there are spaces or not and then you wouldn't need the four step >>> version. Maybe Word isn't sophisticated enough, dunno. >>> On 1/1/10, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Hi Sue! Yay! That's great news! grin. That makes my day. smile. >>>> >>>> Happy New Year to you and everyone else >>>> >>>> Judy s. >>>> >>>> siss52 wrote: >>>>> Hi Judy! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, it really worked!!!!! >>>>> >>>>> Happy New Year to you and to everyone else as well. >>>>> >>>>> Sue S., who is a very happy camper!! >>>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a >>>> list of >>>> available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >>>> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a >> list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the >> subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.123/2595 - Release Date: 12/31/09 02:52:00 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.