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Old 06-21-2013, 02:41 AM
piritzo piritzo is offline Problem replacing text. Windows 7 64bit Problem replacing text. Office 2003
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Hi, I have the same problem I had last year (I forgot my account name so I created this new one today )

I have a 3000 pages document. I need to delete only the text between A and B (resalted in red)



A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B


exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B



I tried with find and replace A*B (Wildcars activated)
But this is what I get. (resalted in red)

In the first search:

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B


exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B

Click in find next:

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B


exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B

This is what I want.

Click in find next:

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B

exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B


And finally,Click in find next:

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B

exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B


Again, in this case I get the right match. Ovioulsy theres a problem with the *. Can you help me?

I have Windows 7x64, Oficce 2003.

Thanks.
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Old 06-21-2013, 07:40 AM
Charles Kenyon Charles Kenyon is offline Problem replacing text. Windows Vista Problem replacing text. Office 2010 32bit
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The find is doing what you told it to find.

You told it to find all text between A and B.

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext

A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B


meets this definition

So does:
A
exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext exampletext
B


I know of no way to exclude text between A and A without an intervening B.
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Old 06-22-2013, 12:50 AM
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For an expert Word user this would be very simple, for example, he will put an expression which only allow A appear only one time or something like that. Thanks anyway.
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