Macro to find text in between two characters and then format selected text?

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04-24-2011, 02:04 AM

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Windows 7 32bit Macro to find text in between two characters and then format selected text?

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Originally Posted by qcom

So, how exactly does that work? I understand the "7:" and "pm" obviously, but what is with the "[0-9] and the "{2}"?

The "^&" just replaces with the same content in the find box, right?

The [0-9] tells Word to find any number from 0-9; the {2} specifies that it must be a 2-digit number.

You're right about the ^&.

Check out Word's Help file for more details on using wildcards.

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