Find and replace

[Urraco]

Hi
How can i find and replace simultaneous ^t and ^p whit space. It is posible ?


Thanks

[Stefan Blom]

You'll need two find & replace operations, that is, what you are asking can't be done in a single step.

[Urraco]

Originally Posted by Stefan Blom

You'll need two find & replace operations, that is, what you are asking can't be done in s a single step.

...not even with a macros way ?

thanks for reply

[Stefan Blom]

Even in a macro, two find & replace operations would be required, as far as I can tell. First replace tab characters (^t) with a blank space and then replace paragraph marks (^p) with a blank space. Note that you won't be able to get rid of the very last paragraph mark in a document, because that mark must always be present.

[Urraco]

Originally Posted by Stefan Blom

Even in a macro, two find & replace operations would be required, as far as I can tell. First replace tab characters (^t) with a blank space and then replace paragraph marks (^p) with a blank space. Note that you won't be able to get rid of the very last paragraph mark in a document, because that mark must always be present.

Many thanks

[Guessed]

It can be done with a single find and replace. As Stefan pointed out, it won't replace the final paragraph mark though
Find: [^t^13]
Wildcards turned on.

[Stefan Blom]

Maybe I misunderstood the question. I apologize!

As Guessed pointed ut, of course you can find a tab character immediately followed by a paragraph mark.

[Urraco]

Originally Posted by Guessed

It can be done with a single find and replace. As Stefan pointed out, it won't replace the final paragraph mark though
Find: [^t^13]
Wildcards turned on.

That's it!
Good job!
Thanks!

[Stefan Blom]

Apparently I did misunderstand the question. :-(

If you don't need a wildcard find & replace, you can make use of ^t^p in the "Find what" box. You can even use ^w^p which would find any blank space (tab or space character) followed by a paragraph mark.

[Urraco]

Originally Posted by Stefan Blom

Apparently I did misunderstand the question. :-(

If you don't need a wildcard find & replace, you can make use of ^t^p in the "Find what" box. You can even use ^w^p which would find any blank space (tab or space character) followed by a paragraph mark.

I want to convert a multiple columns (table numbers) from Excel into a single paragraph in Word (copy from Excel and paste in Word). Then in Word i use "find and replace" to replace all tabs and paragraphs between my numbers whit spaces character.
^ t ^ p does not work at once in my case
but [^t^13] works

[Stefan Blom]

^t^p should definitely work, assuming that you type this string without including any spaces and, as stated previously, you will have to clear the "Use wildcard" option.

[Urraco]

Originally Posted by Stefan Blom

^t^p should definitely work, assuming that you type this string without including any spaces and, as stated previously, you will have to clear the "Use wildcard" option.

sorry but it does not work
example below

[Stefan Blom]

Your example has no occurrences of a tab character immediately followed by a paragraph mark, which is why ^t^p isn't working.

That is a different kind of search compared to a wildcard search of [^t^13] which defines a range. See for example http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm.

[macropod]

Try a wildcard Find/Replace, where:
Find =([0-9])^13([0-9])
Replace = \1^t\2
to insert tabs where the paragraph breaks are, or:
Replace = \1^l\2
to insert line breaks instead.