Using Find and Replace

[Guest]

Hi, I've had a go but can't find the solution, is there a way of changing ALL
capital letters in a long document into bold letters in one foul swoop?
thanks!!

 

[Greg Maxey]

Jill,

Yes.

Edit>Replace>More. Check "Use Wildcards."

In the find what field, type: [A-Z]
In the replace with field type: ^&

Click Format>Font> and select Bold.

Replace all.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Greg, that's so helpful - BUT one problem, of course the caps at the
start of sentences are now bold, and it was just the character's names I
needed in bold, i.e. when there are caps together - any way round this one?

Jill

Jill,

Yes.

Edit>Replace>More. Check "Use Wildcards."

In the find what field, type: [A-Z]
In the replace with field type: ^&

Click Format>Font> and select Bold.

Replace all.



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Hi, I've had a go but can't find the solution, is there a way of
changing ALL capital letters in a long document into bold letters in
one foul swoop? thanks!!

 

[Greg Maxey]

Jill,

Sure is. In the find what field type: [A-Z]{2,}

which finds two or more caps together.

Instead of continuing to give you fish. Here is a net :

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm


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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

Thanks Greg, that's so helpful - BUT one problem, of course the caps
at the start of sentences are now bold, and it was just the
character's names I needed in bold, i.e. when there are caps together
- any way round this one?

Jill

Jill,

Yes.

Edit>Replace>More. Check "Use Wildcards."

In the find what field, type: [A-Z]
In the replace with field type: ^&

Click Format>Font> and select Bold.

Replace all.



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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

Hi, I've had a go but can't find the solution, is there a way of
changing ALL capital letters in a long document into bold letters in
one foul swoop? thanks!!

 

[Guest]

Thanks a million Greg, saved me hours!

Jill,

Sure is. In the find what field type: [A-Z]{2,}

which finds two or more caps together.

Instead of continuing to give you fish. Here is a net :

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm


--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

Thanks Greg, that's so helpful - BUT one problem, of course the caps
at the start of sentences are now bold, and it was just the
character's names I needed in bold, i.e. when there are caps together
- any way round this one?

Jill

Jill,

Yes.

Edit>Replace>More. Check "Use Wildcards."

In the find what field, type: [A-Z]
In the replace with field type: ^&

Click Format>Font> and select Bold.

Replace all.



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

JillC wrote:
Hi, I've had a go but can't find the solution, is there a way of
changing ALL capital letters in a long document into bold letters in
one foul swoop? thanks!!

 

[Guest]

I'd be most grateful for help with the following problem. My challenge is to
take a long bibliography, consisting of entries such as the three following,
and get rid of everything except the author's last name and initials. I
thought I could do this with Find/Replace, by simply entering .*. in the Find
Box and leaving Replace empty. I thought that this would get rid of all
periods and everything in between, leaving only the surnames and first
initial. (Losing the second is not a huge problem).

But Find/Replace doesn't seem to include blank spaces in the wildcard
string. And since these can come in any number and order (between words,
following periods, etc.), I can't think of a good way to achieve my aim. IS
THERE in fact a way to do what I'd like, or am I dreaming? Thanks in advance!

Abbadi, S. 1996. 'New Safatic Inscriptions Dated to the Last Quarter of
the First Century B.C.' [in Arabic]. Abth al yarmk: 1-20.

Ahl, F. 1984. The Art of Safe Criticism in Greece and Rome. AJPh 105:
174-208.

Aitken, E. B. 2001. ‘Portraying the Temple in Stone and Text: the Arch of
Titus and the Epistle to the Hebrews’, in J. Neusner and J. F. Strange
(eds.), Religious Texts and Material Contexts: Studies in Ancient Judaism.
Lanham, Maryland. 73-87.

 

[Greg Maxey]

Aliturus.

Try .*^13

Whch is everything from the first period to the segment paragraph mark.

Put a single period in the replace with field.

 

[Doug Robbins]

Use a Wildcard Seach and Replace (Click on More in the dialog and check the
Use Wildcards box) with

[0-9]{4}*^13

in the Find what control and

^p

in the replace with control.

See the article "Finding and replacing characters using wildcards" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm


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Hope this helps,
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[Greg Maxey]

Doug's is the better way. I hadn't noticed that the start of the undesired
text all started with the four digit date.

 

[Guest]

Thanks to both Greg and Doug for their time and trouble. It's great to know
there is such help available. I was probably doing something wrong, and
couldn't get either method to work (Find/Replace couldn't find anything with
these conditions), and in the end just figured that a couple of hours doing
it manually was probably necessary.

I'm still interested in the logical problem, also for future use, but it's
not urgent now. Thanks a bunch!

Doug's is the better way. I hadn't noticed that the start of the undesired
text all started with the four digit date.


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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

I'd be most grateful for help with the following problem. My
challenge is to take a long bibliography, consisting of entries such
as the three following, and get rid of everything except the author's
last name and initials. I thought I could do this with Find/Replace,
by simply entering .*. in the Find Box and leaving Replace empty. I
thought that this would get rid of all periods and everything in
between, leaving only the surnames and first initial. (Losing the
second is not a huge problem).

But Find/Replace doesn't seem to include blank spaces in the wildcard
string. And since these can come in any number and order (between
words, following periods, etc.), I can't think of a good way to
achieve my aim. IS THERE in fact a way to do what I'd like, or am I
dreaming? Thanks in advance!

Abbadi, S. 1996. 'New Safatic Inscriptions Dated to the Last
Quarter of the First Century B.C.' [in Arabic]. Ab??th al yarm?k:
1-20.

Ahl, F. 1984. The Art of Safe Criticism in Greece and Rome. AJPh
105: 174-208.

Aitken, E. B. 2001. 'Portraying the Temple in Stone and Text: the
Arch of Titus and the Epistle to the Hebrews', in J. Neusner and J.
F. Strange (eds.), Religious Texts and Material Contexts: Studies in
Ancient Judaism. Lanham, Maryland. 73-87.

 

[Graham Mayor]

You may find http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm helpful.

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Thanks to both Greg and Doug for their time and trouble. It's great
to know there is such help available. I was probably doing something
wrong, and couldn't get either method to work (Find/Replace couldn't
find anything with these conditions), and in the end just figured
that a couple of hours doing it manually was probably necessary.

I'm still interested in the logical problem, also for future use, but
it's not urgent now. Thanks a bunch!

Doug's is the better way. I hadn't noticed that the start of the
undesired text all started with the four digit date.


--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

I'd be most grateful for help with the following problem. My
challenge is to take a long bibliography, consisting of entries such
as the three following, and get rid of everything except the
author's last name and initials. I thought I could do this with
Find/Replace,
by simply entering .*. in the Find Box and leaving Replace empty. I
thought that this would get rid of all periods and everything in
between, leaving only the surnames and first initial. (Losing the
second is not a huge problem).

But Find/Replace doesn't seem to include blank spaces in the
wildcard string. And since these can come in any number and order
(between
words, following periods, etc.), I can't think of a good way to
achieve my aim. IS THERE in fact a way to do what I'd like, or am I
dreaming? Thanks in advance!

Abbadi, S. 1996. 'New Safatic Inscriptions Dated to the Last
Quarter of the First Century B.C.' [in Arabic]. Ab??th al yarm?k:
1-20.

Ahl, F. 1984. The Art of Safe Criticism in Greece and Rome. AJPh
105: 174-208.

Aitken, E. B. 2001. 'Portraying the Temple in Stone and Text: the
Arch of Titus and the Epistle to the Hebrews', in J. Neusner and J.
F. Strange (eds.), Religious Texts and Material Contexts: Studies
in Ancient Judaism. Lanham, Maryland. 73-87.