Thread: [Solved] Macro to delete all words with hyphens?
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Old 02-04-2020, 10:45 PM
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A morecomprehensive wildcard Find/Replace that accommodates non-breaking hyphens, em-dashes and en-dashes:
Find = <[! ]@[^~^+^=\-]*>
Replace = nothing

If the words are whole paragraphs, use:
Find = ^13[!^13]@[^~^+^=\-]*^13
Replace = ^p
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