I am trying to replace a tag such as <p class="Name">Title of Page</p>

with <span class="Header">Title of Page</span>

The problem is that the text inside the tags, ie "Title of Page" varies over
the 500 pages that I need to change it. I am wondering if there are wildcard
characters that I can use with Find/Replace to preserve the text inbetween
the tags while changing the tags on all the pages at once.

I know that I can just change the opening tag, or change both tags while
deleting the text but I want to save the time of either replacing the closing
</span> tag or retyping the text inside the text. I remember doing something
similar before and I thought that I could use asterisks but that is not
working in FP 2003 and I do not remember exactly what I did.

Thanks in advance for any help.

You don't need to search and replace the entire tag, you can just search and
replace a portion of it like this.

Search for : <p class="Name">

Replace with: <span class="Header">

hth


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"Tom M" <Tom (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3A3E2D77-0AA6-453D-9C06-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am trying to replace a tag such as <p class="Name">Title of Page</p>
>
> with <span class="Header">Title of Page</span>
>
> The problem is that the text inside the tags, ie "Title of Page" varies
> over
> the 500 pages that I need to change it. I am wondering if there are
> wildcard
> characters that I can use with Find/Replace to preserve the text inbetween
> the tags while changing the tags on all the pages at once.
>
> I know that I can just change the opening tag, or change both tags while
> deleting the text but I want to save the time of either replacing the
> closing
> </span> tag or retyping the text inside the text. I remember doing
> something
> similar before and I thought that I could use asterisks but that is not
> working in FP 2003 and I do not remember exactly what I did.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks, but I already know this. The problem is I will still need to replace
all the </p> tags across every page. However, since that tag is used in
multiple instances, I would need to do it manually which is why I am
wondering if there is some way to ignore the text between the tags and
perform the find/replace in one operation.

"Steve Easton" wrote:

> You don't need to search and replace the entire tag, you can just search and
> replace a portion of it like this.
>
> Search for : <p class="Name">
>
> Replace with: <span class="Header">
>
> hth
>
>
> --
> Steve Easton
> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
> 95isalive
> This site is best viewed............
> ........................with a computer
>
>
>
>
> "Tom M" <Tom (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3A3E2D77-0AA6-453D-9C06-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I am trying to replace a tag such as <p class="Name">Title of Page</p>
> >
> > with <span class="Header">Title of Page</span>
> >
> > The problem is that the text inside the tags, ie "Title of Page" varies
> > over
> > the 500 pages that I need to change it. I am wondering if there are
> > wildcard
> > characters that I can use with Find/Replace to preserve the text inbetween
> > the tags while changing the tags on all the pages at once.
> >
> > I know that I can just change the opening tag, or change both tags while
> > deleting the text but I want to save the time of either replacing the
> > closing
> > </span> tag or retyping the text inside the text. I remember doing
> > something
> > similar before and I thought that I could use asterisks but that is not
> > working in FP 2003 and I do not remember exactly what I did.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>
>

Then search and replace </p> with </span> ????

Usually the search and replace routine will prompt at every occurence of the
string to be replaced with a "Replace Y/N?" option rather than just doing
the lot and not giving you the choice.


"Tom M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CA8CEE24-6870-475E-BEAE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks, but I already know this. The problem is I will still need to
> replace
> all the </p> tags across every page. However, since that tag is used in
> multiple instances, I would need to do it manually which is why I am
> wondering if there is some way to ignore the text between the tags and
> perform the find/replace in one operation.
>
> "Steve Easton" wrote:
>
>> You don't need to search and replace the entire tag, you can just search
>> and
>> replace a portion of it like this.
>>
>> Search for : <p class="Name">
>>
>> Replace with: <span class="Header">
>>
>> hth
>>
>>
>> --
>> Steve Easton
>> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
>> 95isalive
>> This site is best viewed............
>> ........................with a computer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Tom M" <Tom (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:3A3E2D77-0AA6-453D-9C06-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I am trying to replace a tag such as <p class="Name">Title of Page</p>
>> >
>> > with <span class="Header">Title of Page</span>
>> >
>> > The problem is that the text inside the tags, ie "Title of Page" varies
>> > over
>> > the 500 pages that I need to change it. I am wondering if there are
>> > wildcard
>> > characters that I can use with Find/Replace to preserve the text
>> > inbetween
>> > the tags while changing the tags on all the pages at once.
>> >
>> > I know that I can just change the opening tag, or change both tags
>> > while
>> > deleting the text but I want to save the time of either replacing the
>> > closing
>> > </span> tag or retyping the text inside the text. I remember doing
>> > something
>> > similar before and I thought that I could use asterisks but that is not
>> > working in FP 2003 and I do not remember exactly what I did.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>>
>>

That will destroy any other valid <p> tags

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"Andrew Murray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| Then search and replace </p> with </span> ????
|
| Usually the search and replace routine will prompt at every occurence of the
| string to be replaced with a "Replace Y/N?" option rather than just doing
| the lot and not giving you the choice.
|
|
| "Tom M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news:CA8CEE24-6870-475E-BEAE-(E-Mail Removed)...
| > Thanks, but I already know this. The problem is I will still need to
| > replace
| > all the </p> tags across every page. However, since that tag is used in
| > multiple instances, I would need to do it manually which is why I am
| > wondering if there is some way to ignore the text between the tags and
| > perform the find/replace in one operation.
| >
| > "Steve Easton" wrote:
| >
| >> You don't need to search and replace the entire tag, you can just search
| >> and
| >> replace a portion of it like this.
| >>
| >> Search for : <p class="Name">
| >>
| >> Replace with: <span class="Header">
| >>
| >> hth
| >>
| >>
| >> --
| >> Steve Easton
| >> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| >> 95isalive
| >> This site is best viewed............
| >> ........................with a computer
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >> "Tom M" <Tom (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| >> news:3A3E2D77-0AA6-453D-9C06-(E-Mail Removed)...
| >> >I am trying to replace a tag such as <p class="Name">Title of Page</p>
| >> >
| >> > with <span class="Header">Title of Page</span>
| >> >
| >> > The problem is that the text inside the tags, ie "Title of Page" varies
| >> > over
| >> > the 500 pages that I need to change it. I am wondering if there are
| >> > wildcard
| >> > characters that I can use with Find/Replace to preserve the text
| >> > inbetween
| >> > the tags while changing the tags on all the pages at once.
| >> >
| >> > I know that I can just change the opening tag, or change both tags
| >> > while
| >> > deleting the text but I want to save the time of either replacing the
| >> > closing
| >> > </span> tag or retyping the text inside the text. I remember doing
| >> > something
| >> > similar before and I thought that I could use asterisks but that is not
| >> > working in FP 2003 and I do not remember exactly what I did.
| >> >
| >> > Thanks in advance for any help.
| >>
| >>
| >>
|
|

In S&R, use the Html tag tab (replace tag <p> w/ tag <span>) w/ a Html rule to only find <p> tags w/ your class attribute

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"Tom M" <Tom (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:3A3E2D77-0AA6-453D-9C06-(E-Mail Removed)...
|I am trying to replace a tag such as <p class="Name">Title of Page</p>
|
| with <span class="Header">Title of Page</span>
|
| The problem is that the text inside the tags, ie "Title of Page" varies over
| the 500 pages that I need to change it. I am wondering if there are wildcard
| characters that I can use with Find/Replace to preserve the text inbetween
| the tags while changing the tags on all the pages at once.
|
| I know that I can just change the opening tag, or change both tags while
| deleting the text but I want to save the time of either replacing the closing
| </span> tag or retyping the text inside the text. I remember doing something
| similar before and I thought that I could use asterisks but that is not
| working in FP 2003 and I do not remember exactly what I did.
|
| Thanks in advance for any help.