Re: Effective use of the ^& find/replace wildcard
From: Klaus Linke (info_at_fotosatz-kaufmann.de.no.junk)
Date: 04/22/04
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:57:43 +0200
Hi W,
^& re-inserts the whole matched text.
Put (brackets) around parts you want to re-use.
In your case:
Find what: ^13([!^t])
Replace with: ^32\1
I used ^32 for the space, so it's clearly visible in this post. You could
as well type a space.
The \1 inserts the stuff from the first (and in this case only) bracket.
The paragraph mark ^13 gets deleted.
The help and/or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm has
more info.
Greetings,
Klaus
"WBM" <miller.2555@osu.edu> wrote:
> I'm attempting to find certain text in Word documents
> using the Find/ Replce utility with wildcards and replace
> each matching text with a variant of the found text. For
> example, to assemble multi-line paragraphs into a
> paragraph that does not contain any line-breaks one can
> ues a find expression "^13[!^t]" (w/o quotes) to find any
> carriage returns not proceeded by a line indented by a tab
> and replace them with a space character. However, the
> first letter of each original line will be replaced by the
> space since it appears in the regular expression. Any
> suggestions as to how to retain the last character in the
> replaced text (a general case for preserving the first or
> middle charater would be better)? It seems an expression
> in the "replace with" textbox using the "^&" wildcard is
> warranted, but I have not yet been able effectively
> manipulate its use. Thank you in advance.
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