A Word document was changed from this:





John Smith johnny password
Sally Jones sallyj 12345678
Paul Hunter phunter 11111111
David Green greenie pppppppp
Peter Underwood peter pete1995


to this:



First name: John. Last name: Smith. Username: johnny. Password: password.
First name: Sally. Last name: Jones. Username: sallyj. Password: 12345678.
First name: Paul. Last name: Hunter. Username: phunter. Password: 11111111.
First name: David. Last name: Green.greenie. Password: pppppppp.
First name: Peter. Last name: Underwood. Username: peter. Password: pete1995.



Now, as part of QC, I want to check that that "First name", "Last name", "Username" and "Password" are not missing from any lines. For example, "Username" is missing from line 4.


Can I use a wildcard search to do this or do I need to use a macro?


I don't mind having to search each term separately and I don't mind manually adding the term when found to be missing.

You could first apply a red font to the whole document, then use a wildcard Find/Replace like:
Find = First name: [!.]@. Last name: [!.]@. Username: [!.]@. Password: [!.]@.[^1^13]
Replace = ^&
with the replacement font colour set to automatic.

Any unmatched lines will remain red-coloured.

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Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Interesting approach. Thanks for the idea.