Re: How do i find and replace words in parenthesis?

Only problem is that this will convert any bracketed text and not merely
your chord numbers.
Search instead for
\([a-zA-Z0-9]{1,}\)
Replace with
^& format font red

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<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
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Bob in Arizona wrote:
Exactly what I needed! Thanks

"Phil Rabichow" wrote:

Hi Bob:
1. Press Ctrl+H to bring up Find/Replace dialog box.
2. In the find box, type
\(*\)
3. click in the replace box, go to Format/Font & change it to red.
Leave the replace box blank. Under it, it will say Format: Font
color: Red
4. Click "Use wildcards"
5. Click Replace all.

The "\" tells Word to treat an operator (like parenthses) as just a
character. Therefore, \( finds the opening paren, the "*" says to
find everything after that up to \), which is the closing paren.
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Hope this helps.

Phil
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Bob in Arizona wrote:

I play guitar and have several files with the chord names in
parenthesis. Ex. A (B)child arrived just the (D)other day... Using
find and replace with special characters, I need to find all
letters and numbers enclosed in parenthesis (including the
parenthesis characters) and change the font color to red in order
to highlight the chords. Does anyone know the special character
string that will find all occurrances of text within parenthesis
(including the Parenthesis Marks) and replace with an alternate
text color?


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