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I am painstakingly wanting to review my adverbs in my book to possibly remove them. Ending in .....ly, is there a way to have word 2013 search for words ending in ly?
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Use the following wild card search:
<[a-zA-Z]@ly>
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Robert's wildcard Find will do just fine, though it will also pick up words ending in ly that aren't adverbs, such as 'fly', 'sly, 'apply', etc.
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Is there a guide as to how to use wildcards?
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See, for example:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/wo...005189433.aspx
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