Can you check the "find whole words only" box when using characters?

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Can you check the "find whole words only" box when using characters?

02-03-2012, 04:10 PM

macropod

Windows 7 64bit Can you check the "find whole words only" box when using characters?

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Hi pimpong,

You can use a wildcard Find/Replace, where:
Find = ([!>]):/
Replace = \1

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