Is there a way to search for acronyms in Word?

[Guest]

I want to create an acronym list derived from about 200 individual documents.
Is there a way to search in WORD for acronyms - let's assume that I am
searching for a minumum of 3 capitol letters in a row.
Also, I am looking for acronyms, I am not searching for already known terms.

The regular search and replace function requires me to enter what I am
looking for.

Or, do I just do a spell check and find them by their not being in the
dictionary that I am using.

Any help would be wonderful.
Thanks
Don

 

[Jay Freedman]

I want to create an acronym list derived from about 200 individual documents.
Is there a way to search in WORD for acronyms - let's assume that I am
searching for a minumum of 3 capitol letters in a row.
Also, I am looking for acronyms, I am not searching for already known terms.

The regular search and replace function requires me to enter what I am
looking for.

Or, do I just do a spell check and find them by their not being in the
dictionary that I am using.

Any help would be wonderful.
Thanks
Don

Hi Don,

Use a wildcard search (see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm or
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm). The expression

[A-Z]{3,}

will find any sequence of three or more capital letters.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.