They ultimately be stored in an Excel column, but of course that can be easily pasted into Word, so either that is perfectly fine. Word seems easier to work with in this regard, so let us assume that is the scenario.

A sample text to be a citation of a contribution spanning from page 2 to 137 in a given Yearbook. A text could be replaced could be either

or

Both would have to be replaced by a specific name of a contribution in those yearbooks. Like

If regex syntax weren't what it is like, I would just have to search, say, YB 1906, p. [2-137] to match it. But regexes work differently, as far as I know (hence my link). I could go through that process, but it is time consuming. Is there any way around in word?

Thanks!