Using wildcards to highlight certain text

Guessed · #1 05-11-2019, 04:09 AM

Try searching for this

\[inaudible \[[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\]\]

Don't put anything in the replace with field but turn on the highlight setting (and make sure the last used highlight was the colour you want)

Paul Cardin · #2 05-11-2019, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guessed

Try searching for this
\[inaudible \[[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\]\]

Don't put anything in the replace with field but turn on the highlight setting (and make sure the last used highlight was the colour you want)

Thanks, but when I press 'Replace All' it's returning... 'All done. We made 0 replacements'.

If I press 'Find Next', it returns... '0 results found'.

Lugh · #3 05-11-2019, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guessed

Try searching for this
\[inaudible \[[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\]\]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Cardin

when I press 'Replace All' it's returning... 'All done. We made 0 replacements'.

Is there actually some text in your document which is "inaudible " and a time stamp. Just in case you were only giving a random example which doesn't actually exist.

Paul Cardin · #4 05-12-2019, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lugh

Is there actually some text in your document which is "inaudible " and a time stamp. Just in case you were only giving a random example which doesn't actually exist.

100s of varying timestamps, but it's:

[inaudible 23:45]

thanks,
Paul

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