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How to delete all names in brackets and the brackets themselves from a document with a single find/replace operation?



John (John)
Robert (Rob)
Maximilian (Max)
Peter (Peter)
Allan (Al)

desired result:

John
Robert
Maximilian
Peter
Allan

I thought this would work, but it doesn't:

Find: (*)
Replace:
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Did you check the 'use wildcards' option?

You'll also need:
Find = \(*\)
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Did you check the 'use wildcards' option?

You'll also need:
Find = \(*\)
No, I hadn't checked it. Thanks.

That Find's it! Thanks a lot.
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