Searching for any instances of immediate word repetition (eg "the the")

[bertietheblue]

Is there a macro that will allow me to search a Word document for any instances where the same word (including singular/plural number agreement and initial case) is immediately repeated without separation by punctuation, eg:

"the the"



"services services"

but not:

"the, the"

"services Service"

?

Many thanks.

[gmayor]

You don't really need a macro. Do a wildcard search for
(<[a-zA-Z]{2,}>) \1
replace with
\1

http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

[bertietheblue]

Thanks a lot, this is great! But is an adjustment possible to make the wild-card search whole-word-only? For example, it picks up:
"or oral"
"or order"

but I just want it to pick up instances of
"or or"

[macropod]

Use a wildcard Find/Replace with:
Find = (<[A-Za-z]@>) <\1>
Replace = \1

[bertietheblue]

Magic! Thanks

[JML]

The spelling and grammar check can reveal doubled instances like that. There's an option to choose for repeated words.

[macropod]

Yes, but it does so on a case-by case basis; the Find/Replace does the lot in one go.