Designating "Any Character" in Replace Dialog

[Joseph N.]

Word 2002 will allow me to use ^? to designate "any character" in the
Find dialog, but not in the Replace dialog. How, then, should I
change all instances of one space following a period in a document I
received to two spaces following a period?

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Joseph,

You can type SPACE characters directly into the find/replace
boxes.

Simple Search and Replace
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To cater for the case where SOME periods are followed by two
spaces, and OTHERS by only one, do the job in two steps:

1. Replace all ". " by ". " all periods are now followed by 1 space.
(2 1 spaces)

2. Replace all ". " by ". " all periods are now followed by 2 spaces.
(1 2 spaces)

[If you are particularly unlucky, and have some periods with 3 spaces
following, then first replace all ". " by ". " and then steps 1 and 2
above.
(3 1 spaces)]

Use Wild Cards (see Word Help)
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One or more occurrences of the previous character can be found
by using @:

Find ". @" will find a period followed by one or more spaces.
(1 space)
Replace all with ". "
(2 spaces)

Make sure that "Use wild cards" is checked.

 

[Joseph N.]

Thanks for the two methods!

 

[Joseph N.]

Thanks for the two methods!