Hello, I timecode scripts for ADR. This requires me to go through a video and copy and paste timecodes correlating to dialogue. These timecodes are in hr:min:sec:frame format. For example,
10:01:03:20



I want to find and replace or remove the hrs: from the timecodes. Is there a way to do that in a way that won't remove any min: or sec: that are the same number? The prefix function doesn't seem to work. Thanks!

You could use a wildcard Find/Replace, where:

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Cool! I'll give that a shot.

I've never used wildcards before. If its not too complicated, could you (or someone else) please give me a quick run-down on what those commands mean?

That would be great!

The:
• [0-9]{1,2} is any 1-2 digit number
• : is simply the colon used in your time format
• ( & ) tell Word to store whatever's between them
• \1 says to used the first stored value (i.e. what was between the ( & )) for the replacement.
For more on wildcards, see: https://wordmvp.com/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm

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