How to shorten English words of specific length by macro?

Emby · #1 10-16-2022, 01:20 AM

I have a word file containing English and Chinese words. When an English word exceeds four characters, it is necessary to shorten the line of English words to three characters. The rules are as follows:
Before After Rule
a 日 a 日 No change
aa 昌 aa 昌 No change
aaa 晶 aaa 晶 No change
aaam 㬪 aam 㬪 Delete the third character of the English word
aahaf 鷼 aaf 鷼 Delete the third and fourth characters of the English word

macropod · #2 10-16-2022, 05:39 AM

You do not need a macro for this. All you need is a wildcard Find/Replace, where:
Find = <([A-Za-z]{2})[A-Za-z]@([A-Za-z])>
Replace = \1\2

Emby · #3 10-16-2022, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macropod

You do not need a macro for this. All you need is a wildcard Find/Replace, where:
Find = <([A-Za-z]{2})[A-Za-z]@([A-Za-z])>
Replace = \1\2

Thanks macropod for the reply. Am I missing any steps? There are always no search results so that I cannot convert the attached file 1 (Before.docx) to attached file 2 (After.docx). Would you mind helping me?

macropod · #4 10-16-2022, 02:27 PM

Did you check the 'Use wildcards' option?

Emby · #5 10-16-2022, 11:25 PM

I got it. Thanks again.

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