Tricky wildcard search

macropod · #5 03-14-2014, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eNGiNe

Any chance of restricting the search/replace to a table cell style?

No, because table styles don't apply to the table content, which will still be in the Normal Style, for example. Table Styles only apply to the table's shading/borders, etc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NobodysPerfect

I don't see how a style could help? The problem still remains the same: the search has to find the part of the string after "*" until the end of the cell and replace/delete it with "*". And this has to happen within all tables/cells within the doc.

Would be great if there were a solution without VBA, but ...

This can only be done with VBA.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Tricky bookmark and bullet question	skroser	Word	1	07-09-2013 08:28 AM
Tricky IF formula	twolfend	Excel	1	12-05-2011 09:02 AM
Tricky Word problems	Eva	Word	3	10-14-2011 03:18 AM
Wildcard Problem with Emailadresses	Fmax	Word	1	06-17-2010 06:09 AM
Wildcard search help.	Kempston	Word	0	11-13-2009 03:58 AM