Replace text using Macro in MS Word 2021

chidamla · #1 04-21-2023, 02:31 AM

Scan through the complete document for Text: "+40 deg C'

Replace + with - only if it is followed by a number. Dont replace if - is followed by a non-number.

Regular expression is required to find the matches.

Please share a Macro for the same.

gmayor · #2 04-21-2023, 04:53 AM

Find +([0-9])
Replace with -\1
with the wildcard option checked. You can record the search for a macro.

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