Hello, I was looking for a method to change the format between two characters (Round brackets for example). After a short search I found out the method is to use wildcards and a function like this:

(\[)(*)(\])

With this I can apply whatever format I want to text between "[" and "]"

However

With this method it also applies the format to the brackets themselves [ ], and I can't figure out how to exclude the brackets from the formatting while still applying to all the text between the brackets...

I still use Word 2003

Any help would be great ~

You would need a series of search and replaces to achieve this
First find puts unique content inside the brackets eg
[xyz] becomes [||xyz|]

Then format the inner set by finding the ||(*)|

Then remove the unique content you added.

Alternatively, you can reformat the [] symbols after the initial replace

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia

Yeah I thought of doing something similar, I was hoping I could do it in one single command tho, well thanks anyway ~