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Old 06-11-2019, 10:41 PM
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Hello everyone,

I have different Word files with over 3000 pages. The problem I'm having is that on every 2 pages there is a heading - defined in word as Heading 1 (Using styles) - where the words are in a wrong order. All headings have the same format consisting of a word then a word between brackets followed by a number. F.e Word1 (Word2) 123.


Is there a macro where i could change all headings to this format: Word2 (Word1) 123? If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask them. I'll try to explain it more clearly.

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Lauren Van Roy
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Is there a reason why you cannot use the replace function. Replace
(Word1) (\(Word2\)) ([0-9]{1})
with
\2 \1 \3
with the wildcard option set?
If you want to batch process several documents then see https://www.gmayor.com/document_batch_processes.htm
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Old 06-12-2019, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by gmayor View Post
Is there a reason why you cannot use the replace function. Replace
(Word1) (\(Word2\)) ([0-9]{1})
with
\2 \1 \3
with the wildcard option set?
If you want to batch process several documents then see https://www.gmayor.com/document_batch_processes.htm
Wow didn't even knew this was an option. Solved my problem, thanks a lot!

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