Hi,
I've tried to figure this out using various guides, but can't get it right, even though I know it should be simple! I want to run a find-replace that finds:

and replaces it with:



Where X and Y are variable numbers, and the X in the replacement text is the same as the X in the found text.

Also, would it be straightforward to have a macro do this? I perform this find-replace quite frequently.

Many thanks in advance,
Paul

You can do that with a wildcard Find/Replace, where:
Find = any one of products ([0-9]@)-[0-9]@>
Replace = product \1

You can use the macro recorder to record the above as a macro - in this case the result is about as efficient as a hand-written macro.

__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Thank you - that works well. However, it didn't work the first time I ran it - which I discovered was because I had track changes on. The replaced text said "Xproduct ," (instead of "product X, "). Also note the space before the comma, instead of after the comma. If I display insertions and deletions, it looks like this: "any onXe of claims X-Yclaim ," (where strikethrough marks deletions, and underline marks insertions).

It works fine with track changes off, but I would ideally want to run this find-replace with track changes on. Is there any way to remedy this problem?

Paul

Unfortunately, that just how things are with Track Changes. Anything more sophisticated would require a macro.

__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]