Re: [PCWorks] Find/Replace in MSWord
- From: Hugh Vandervoort <hughv2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 01:31:35 -0400
Make three passes:
With Wildcards, find <**>. Replace with (blank)
Turn off wildcards (< and> are wildcards)
Find <. Replace with (blank)
Find >. Replace with (blank)
Nice explanation here:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/usingwildcards.htm
On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Harold B. <haroldbraun@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm having trouble with your directions. First I thought it was that Apple
> does not support wildcards. When googling ... Apple +wildcards ... I saw some
> links to that effect. So I went to my Windows 7 partition (which I rarely use
> now), and wildcards worked there, I returned to Apple, and found they also
> work there. Problem was I was always forgetting to check the "Use Wildcards"
> box (as Hugh made very clear I should do). However, I'm still having trouble
> so I'll explain specifically what I want to do (my original posting is at the
> end of this email). I want to chance lines like the following:
> A&E <http://www.locatetv.com/listings/and-e-network> ... 181
> ABC <http://www.locatetv.com/listings/abc> ... 007
>
> I want to change the above to:
>
> A&# ... 181
>
> ABC ... 007
>
> Except I want to do that with 300 different lines. And it is also time I
> learned how to use wildcards. The only trick I know is how to reverse columns
> which I also learned right here in PCWorks.
>
> NOTE that the length and content of the URLs are all different making the
> string of ?????? etc not too applicable. --- Harold
>
>> From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [PCWorks] Find/Replace in MSWord
>> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:27:48 -0500
>>
>> I don't use Word, so if that's possible that's worth getting it. Harold let
>> us know if that works.
>> -Clint
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Hugh Vandervoort"
>>
>> 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.
>> I should add that the "replace with" is just left blank.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin
>> <> 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
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> From: David Grossman <dgrossman@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [PCWorks]
>> Find/Replace in MSWord
>>
>> Hello, Harold,
>>
>> I like Hugh's suggestion of searching with ???. Perhaps you'll want to use
>> ?????, since (if I understood correctly) you also want to replace the <>
>> brackets in each instance. Maybe it will work, and maybe not. Mac wildcards
>> may behave differently from PC wildcards. Furthermore, Word may treat <> as
>> special or reserved characters (for Less Than or Greater Than), thus
>> creating additional issues.
>>
>> I'd like to add an additional step: Search for .^p?????, and then replace
>> with .^p
>>
>> My additional procedure asks Word to replace the period from the previous
>> line, and then to search for the Paragraph symbol (^p) at the end of the
>> line, and then for the next five characters.
>>
>> I also have three more bits of advice to add to the sage recommendations of
>> Hugh and Clint:
>> 1. Save the file before beginning the procedure.
>> 2. Close the file, and then back it up BEFORE trying any suggestion.
>> 3. Don't Save the file until you are happy with the result.
>>
>> David Grossman
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Harold B."
>>>
>>> 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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