I have several large documents that need the date format changed from10/26/09
to 26/10/2009. All the dates are different and are not field entries but
typed text.

Is there an easy way to change them throughout the documents?
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marcia

marcia wrote:
> I have several large documents that need the date format changed
> from10/26/09 to 26/10/2009. All the dates are different and are not
> field entries but typed text.
>
> Is there an easy way to change them throughout the documents?

Use a wildcard replacement (see
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm).

First click the More button and check the "Use wildcards" option. Enter the
Find What expression

([0-9]{1,2}/)([0-9]{1,2}/)([0-9]{4})

and the Replace With expression

\2\1\3

and click the Replace All button.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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