Microsoft Office Forums

Go Back   Microsoft Office Forums > >

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1  
Old 09-23-2015, 12:05 AM
MJA MJA is offline Simple 'OR' Search Using 'Find' Dialog Windows 10 Simple 'OR' Search Using 'Find' Dialog Office 2013
Banned
Simple 'OR' Search Using 'Find' Dialog
 
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 3
MJA is on a distinguished road
Default Simple 'OR' Search Using 'Find' Dialog

Hi -- I'm having an exceedingly difficult time doing something that should be mind-numbingly easy. I want to use Word 2013's Find dialog box to do a simple 'OR' search. I'm used to using the '|' symbol to do these searches in Google or in other programs, i.e.: 'pheasant|rabbit' should return any instance of either 'pheasant' OR 'rabbit'.

I found a Microsoft page that seemed to show this would work (as long as the 'Wildcards' option was checked) but it does not work.

I'm sure the problem must be with me. It's a common technique and I can't believe Word doesn't have the capability after all these years. Can anyone tell me how to do such a search using the Find dialog?

Thanks.
Reply With Quote
 

Tags
'or' search, find & replace, wildcards



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
How to find and close dialog box in Word 2010? geriatricq1 Word 3 02-16-2015 04:06 AM
Need Find and Replace dialog to default to "All" WaltR Word 1 01-01-2015 08:44 PM
Simple 'OR' Search Using 'Find' Dialog Find what box in Find and replace limits the length of a search term Hoxton118 Word VBA 7 06-10-2014 05:05 AM
Won't find in search ep2002 Word 3 10-31-2012 05:24 PM
Advanced find - default search all AdamSitra Word 0 08-03-2011 04:33 AM

Other Forums: Access Forums

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 04:01 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2025 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
MSOfficeForums.com is not affiliated with Microsoft