Using Find and Replace

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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!!
 
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.
 
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

Greg Maxey said:
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!!
 
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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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

Greg Maxey said:
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!!
 
Thanks a million Greg, saved me hours! :-)

Greg Maxey said:
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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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

Greg Maxey said:
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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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!!
 
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.
 
Aliturus.

Try .*^13

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

Put a single period in the replace with field.
 
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,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
Doug's is the better way. I hadn't noticed that the start of the undesired
text all started with the four digit date.
 
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!



Greg Maxey said:
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.
 
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!



Greg Maxey said:
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.
 
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