Hi All,


I'd like to do a search/replace so that XYY becomes ZYY. For instance, 100 becomes 200, 110 becomes 210, 120 becomes 220, etc. That is, only the first number is changed and the other two are left alone.


I've tried using wildcards for this, but it doesn't seem to work in the ways I used.





I've also looked here for useful tools, but I cannot find the correct tool:


Finding and replacing characters using wildcards


(This is where I got the wildcard idea, though.)



Any help is appreciated, thank you.

Are the numbers scattered throughout a regular Word document within paragraphs, or within a table or tabbed list?

With "Use wildcards" checked, Find what:
<1([0-9][0-9])>
Replace with:
2\1

Hi All, thank you for those replies. The numbers are scattered throughout the document and are references to figures (in a completely different document).


I think East solved it, thank you very much! I tested this on a paragraph, and it worked exactly as planned.



If I can interpret this, what is in ([0-9][0-9]) becomes \1 in the "replace".



And, for any number X-- you want to replace to Y--, this would become:


With "Use wildcards" checked, Find what:
<X([0-9][0-9])>
Replace with:
Y\1



Thanks, again.