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Wildcards in Word
Hi. Using find & replace & wildcards, I am trying to select text that comes after a colon so that I can format it bold. I am using the following: ( : )(^32)(*^13). This finds the colon and the text after the colon, but I only want the text after the colon to be selected. In the 'replace what' box I just want the text after the colon to be formatted bold. I've tried \1\2\3, but that bolds the colon and the text and if I just use \2\3 the colon disappears altogether. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be very much appreciated! Last edited by dcmontva; 06-19-2021 at 06:27 AM. |
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Try first replacing : with xmx: then use the second option then replace xmx with a colon.
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Formatting applied via Find Replace always applies to the entire found string.
FWIW, your Find/Replace expression could be reduced to (for example): Find = (: )(*^13) Replace = \1\2 Regardless, formatting the space after the colon as bold seems rather pointless. I would suggest two Find/Replace operations Find = : (*^13) Replace = §\1 replacement = bold Find = § Replace = :^32 replacement = not bold
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Cheers, Paul Edstein [Fmr MS MVP - Word] |
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Hi,
Thank you very much Charles & Paul for your help 👍. David |
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