Thread: [Solved] word wildcards I need to replace actual text that contains [ and ]
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Old 02-20-2014, 03:57 AM
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For the wildcard Find/Replace, you can use:
Find = \[[0-9]@\]
Do note that, if you're working with real footnotes, you will delete not only the references but the footnote content as well...

Perhaps if you explain what you're trying to achieve a better solution might be found.
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