find all Xrefs

[grammatim]

Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"? (It's not
in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace dialog. As you know
if you've been following my saga, I will have hundreds of cross-
references in the form "(123)a" that will have to be changed to
"(123a)" at the last moment after they've been decoupled from their
hyperlinks; but there are a few like "(123)a-b" that will have to
change to "(123a-b)".

I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c , and )d
with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to be other examples
of )- here and there, so I can't just search for them automatically.

And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that refers to
unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct? Backslash and not
caret? And howcome I've never found this mentioned anywhere? It could
have been quite useful over the years!

Happy New Year, y'all (California and Hawaii, you'll have yours soon).

 

[Graham Mayor]

Take a look at http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner similar to the
following, using an internally generated bookmark eg { REF _Ref186943993 \r
\h }

While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I don't see any
easy way of modifying that construction to give the correct result?

You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does pose a way
forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A then CTRL+SHIFT+F9)
you can use replace normally on the resulting text. eg to change
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2

if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[grammatim]

Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it all
still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which from the
queries here doesn't appear to be at all an improvement.)

If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find them?

Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner similar to the
following, using an internally generated bookmark eg { REF _Ref186943993 \r
\h }

While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I don't see any
easy way of modifying that construction to give the correct result?

You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does pose a way
forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A then CTRL+SHIFT+F9)
you can use replace normally on the resulting text. eg to change
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2

if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor -  Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"? (It's not
in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace dialog. As you know
if you've been following my saga, I will have hundreds of cross-
references in the form "(123)a" that will have to be changed to
"(123a)" at the last moment after they've been decoupled from their
hyperlinks; but there are a few like "(123)a-b" that will have to
change to "(123a-b)".

I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c , and )d
with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to be other examples
of )- here and there, so I can't just search for them automatically.

And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that refers to
unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct? Backslash and not
caret? And howcome I've never found this mentioned anywhere? It could
have been quite useful over the years!

Happy New Year, y'all (California and Hawaii, you'll have yours soon).-

 

[Graham Mayor]

The page on my web site is relevant to all versions, including 2007?
^d REF will find REF fields, but how is that going to help you, if you don't
know the cross reference code to replace it with? ^d does not work in a
wildcard search.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it all
still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which from the
queries here doesn't appear to be at all an improvement.)

If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find them?

Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner
similar to the following, using an internally generated bookmark eg
{ REF _Ref186943993 \r \h }

While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I don't
see any easy way of modifying that construction to give the correct
result?

You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does pose
a way forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A then
CTRL+SHIFT+F9) you can use replace normally on the resulting text.
eg to change (\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2

if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"? (It's
not in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace dialog. As
you know if you've been following my saga, I will have hundreds of
cross- references in the form "(123)a" that will have to be changed
to "(123a)" at the last moment after they've been decoupled from
their hyperlinks; but there are a few like "(123)a-b" that will
have to change to "(123a-b)".

I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c , and )d
with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to be other
examples of )- here and there, so I can't just search for them
automatically.

And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that refers
to unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct? Backslash and
not caret? And howcome I've never found this mentioned anywhere? It
could have been quite useful over the years!

Happy New Year, y'all (California and Hawaii, you'll have yours
soon).-

 

[grammatim]

I don't want to replace anything, I just want to be able to go back
and see how I dealt with particular kinds of x-refs many pages earlier
-- that is, I just want to be able to find them without scrolling
through dozens of pages and maybe missing them because there's nothing
distinctive about them on the screen.

The page on my web site is relevant to all versions, including 2007?
^d REF will find REF fields, but how is that going to help you, if you don't
know the cross reference code to replace it with? ^d does not work in a
wildcard search.
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor -  Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it all
still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which from the
queries here doesn't appear to be at all an improvement.)

If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find them?

Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner
similar to the following, using an internally generated bookmark eg
{ REF _Ref186943993 \r \h }
While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I don't
see any easy way of modifying that construction to give the correct
result?
You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does pose
a way forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A then
CTRL+SHIFT+F9) you can use replace normally on the resulting text.
eg to change (\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2
if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatim wrote:
Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"? (It's
not in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace dialog. As
you know if you've been following my saga, I will have hundreds of
cross- references in the form "(123)a" that will have to be changed
to "(123a)" at the last moment after they've been decoupled from
their hyperlinks; but there are a few like "(123)a-b" that will
have to change to "(123a-b)".
I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c , and )d
with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to be other
examples of )- here and there, so I can't just search for them
automatically.
And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that refers
to unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct? Backslash and
not caret? And howcome I've never found this mentioned anywhere? It
could have been quite useful over the years!
Happy New Year, y'all (California and Hawaii, you'll have yours
soon).-- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In that case, displaying field codes and using Find to search for ^d REF
should do the trick. Or if you set field shading temporarily to "Always,"
they'll be more obvious as you scan visually.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

I don't want to replace anything, I just want to be able to go back
and see how I dealt with particular kinds of x-refs many pages earlier
-- that is, I just want to be able to find them without scrolling
through dozens of pages and maybe missing them because there's nothing
distinctive about them on the screen.

The page on my web site is relevant to all versions, including 2007?
^d REF will find REF fields, but how is that going to help you, if you
don't
know the cross reference code to replace it with? ^d does not work in a
wildcard search.
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it all
still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which from the
queries here doesn't appear to be at all an improvement.)

If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find them?

Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner
similar to the following, using an internally generated bookmark eg
{ REF _Ref186943993 \r \h }
While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I don't
see any easy way of modifying that construction to give the correct
result?
You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does pose
a way forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A then
CTRL+SHIFT+F9) you can use replace normally on the resulting text.
eg to change (\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2
if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatim wrote:
Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"? (It's
not in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace dialog. As
you know if you've been following my saga, I will have hundreds of
cross- references in the form "(123)a" that will have to be changed
to "(123a)" at the last moment after they've been decoupled from
their hyperlinks; but there are a few like "(123)a-b" that will
have to change to "(123a-b)".
I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c , and )d
with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to be other
examples of )- here and there, so I can't just search for them
automatically.
And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that refers
to unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct? Backslash and
not caret? And howcome I've never found this mentioned anywhere? It
could have been quite useful over the years!
Happy New Year, y'all (California and Hawaii, you'll have yours
soon).-- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

 

[Graham Mayor]

You said originally that you wanted to change the format of the numbering?
If you don't want to do that, then ^d REF will find all the cross reference
fields.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

I don't want to replace anything, I just want to be able to go back
and see how I dealt with particular kinds of x-refs many pages earlier
-- that is, I just want to be able to find them without scrolling
through dozens of pages and maybe missing them because there's nothing
distinctive about them on the screen.

The page on my web site is relevant to all versions, including 2007?
^d REF will find REF fields, but how is that going to help you, if
you don't know the cross reference code to replace it with? ^d does
not work in a wildcard search.
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it all
still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which from
the queries here doesn't appear to be at all an improvement.)

If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find them?

Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner
similar to the following, using an internally generated bookmark eg
{ REF _Ref186943993 \r \h }

While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I don't
see any easy way of modifying that construction to give the correct
result?

You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does
pose a way forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A
then CTRL+SHIFT+F9) you can use replace normally on the resulting
text. eg to change (\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2

if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

grammatim wrote:
Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"? (It's
not in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace dialog. As
you know if you've been following my saga, I will have hundreds of
cross- references in the form "(123)a" that will have to be
changed to "(123a)" at the last moment after they've been
decoupled from their hyperlinks; but there are a few like
"(123)a-b" that will have to change to "(123a-b)".

I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c , and )d
with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to be other
examples of )- here and there, so I can't just search for them
automatically.

And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that refers
to unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct? Backslash and
not caret? And howcome I've never found this mentioned anywhere?
It could have been quite useful over the years!

Happy New Year, y'all (California and Hawaii, you'll have yours
soon).-- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

 

[grammatim]

Unless you've come up with a way to get a "Paragraph number with full
context" to change the punctuation of the numbers, then the changning
of the format can only be done at the very end of editing, after all
possible updates that could change numbers, and the hyperlinks are
detached.

Level 2 reads a.

Level 1 reads (22)

and the cross reference reads (22)a

but it needs to end up (22a)

You said originally that you wanted to change the format of the numbering?
If you don't want to do that, then ^d REF will find all the cross reference
fields.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor -  Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

I don't want to replace anything, I just want to be able to go back
and see how I dealt with particular kinds of x-refs many pages earlier
-- that is, I just want to be able to find them without scrolling
through dozens of pages and maybe missing them because there's nothing
distinctive about them on the screen.

The page on my web site is relevant to all versions, including 2007?
^d REF will find REF fields, but how is that going to help you, if
you don't know the cross reference code to replace it with? ^d does
not work in a wildcard search.
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatim wrote:
Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it all
still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which from
the queries here doesn't appear to be at all an improvement.)
If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find them?
Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner
similar to the following, using an internally generated bookmark eg
{ REF _Ref186943993 \r \h }
While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I don't
see any easy way of modifying that construction to give the correct
result?
You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does
pose a way forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A
then CTRL+SHIFT+F9) you can use replace normally on the resulting
text. eg to change (\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2
if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatim wrote:
Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"? (It's
not in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace dialog. As
you know if you've been following my saga, I will have hundreds of
cross- references in the form "(123)a" that will have to be
changed to "(123a)" at the last moment after they've been
decoupled from their hyperlinks; but there are a few like
"(123)a-b" that will have to change to "(123a-b)".
I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c , and )d
with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to be other
examples of )- here and there, so I can't just search for them
automatically.
And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that refers
to unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct? Backslash and
not caret? And howcome I've never found this mentioned anywhere?
It could have been quite useful over the years!

 

[grammatim]

Only if Field Codes are Showing. Why should that be? (And then it
doesn't need REF.)

You said originally that you wanted to change the format of the numbering?
If you don't want to do that, then ^d REF will find all the cross reference
fields.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor -  Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

I don't want to replace anything, I just want to be able to go back
and see how I dealt with particular kinds of x-refs many pages earlier
-- that is, I just want to be able to find them without scrolling
through dozens of pages and maybe missing them because there's nothing
distinctive about them on the screen.

The page on my web site is relevant to all versions, including 2007?
^d REF will find REF fields, but how is that going to help you, if
you don't know the cross reference code to replace it with? ^d does
not work in a wildcard search.
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatim wrote:
Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it all
still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which from
the queries here doesn't appear to be at all an improvement.)
If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find them?
Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner
similar to the following, using an internally generated bookmark eg
{ REF _Ref186943993 \r \h }
While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I don't
see any easy way of modifying that construction to give the correct
result?
You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does
pose a way forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A
then CTRL+SHIFT+F9) you can use replace normally on the resulting
text. eg to change (\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2
if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatim wrote:
Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"? (It's
not in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace dialog. As
you know if you've been following my saga, I will have hundreds of
cross- references in the form "(123)a" that will have to be
changed to "(123a)" at the last moment after they've been
decoupled from their hyperlinks; but there are a few like
"(123)a-b" that will have to change to "(123a-b)".
I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c , and )d
with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to be other
examples of )- here and there, so I can't just search for them
automatically.
And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that refers
to unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct? Backslash and
not caret? And howcome I've never found this mentioned anywhere?
It could have been quite useful over the years!
Happy New Year, y'all (California and Hawaii, you'll have yours
soon).-- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

 

[Graham Mayor]

Replace will only work on fields when the field codes are showing and you
need to include REF or it will access *all* fields in your document, which
may not be desirable.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Only if Field Codes are Showing. Why should that be? (And then it
doesn't need REF.)

You said originally that you wanted to change the format of the
numbering? If you don't want to do that, then ^d REF will find all
the cross reference fields.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

I don't want to replace anything, I just want to be able to go back
and see how I dealt with particular kinds of x-refs many pages
earlier -- that is, I just want to be able to find them without
scrolling through dozens of pages and maybe missing them because
there's nothing distinctive about them on the screen.

On Jan 1, 10:20 am, "Graham Mayor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
The page on my web site is relevant to all versions, including
2007? ^d REF will find REF fields, but how is that going to help
you, if you don't know the cross reference code to replace it
with? ^d does not work in a wildcard search.

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

grammatim wrote:
Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it
all still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which
from the queries here doesn't appear to be at all an improvement.)

If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find them?

On Jan 1, 2:58 am, "Graham Mayor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner
similar to the following, using an internally generated bookmark
eg { REF _Ref186943993 \r \h }

While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I
don't see any easy way of modifying that construction to give
the correct result?

You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does
pose a way forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A
then CTRL+SHIFT+F9) you can use replace normally on the resulting
text. eg to change (\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2

if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
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grammatim wrote:
Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"?
(It's not in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace
dialog. As you know if you've been following my saga, I will
have hundreds of cross- references in the form "(123)a" that
will have to be changed to "(123a)" at the last moment after
they've been decoupled from their hyperlinks; but there are a
few like "(123)a-b" that will have to change to "(123a-b)".

I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c , and
)d with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to be other
examples of )- here and there, so I can't just search for them
automatically.

And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that
refers to unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct?
Backslash and not caret? And howcome I've never found this
mentioned anywhere? It could have been quite useful over the
years!

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[Graham Mayor]

Which is why I explained how to do this in my first reply to you.

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Unless you've come up with a way to get a "Paragraph number with full
context" to change the punctuation of the numbers, then the changning
of the format can only be done at the very end of editing, after all
possible updates that could change numbers, and the hyperlinks are
detached.

Level 2 reads a.

Level 1 reads (22)

and the cross reference reads (22)a

but it needs to end up (22a)

You said originally that you wanted to change the format of the
numbering? If you don't want to do that, then ^d REF will find all
the cross reference fields.

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I don't want to replace anything, I just want to be able to go back
and see how I dealt with particular kinds of x-refs many pages
earlier -- that is, I just want to be able to find them without
scrolling through dozens of pages and maybe missing them because
there's nothing distinctive about them on the screen.

On Jan 1, 10:20 am, "Graham Mayor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
The page on my web site is relevant to all versions, including
2007? ^d REF will find REF fields, but how is that going to help
you, if you don't know the cross reference code to replace it
with? ^d does not work in a wildcard search.

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
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grammatim wrote:
Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it
all still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which
from the queries here doesn't appear to be at all an improvement.)

If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find them?

On Jan 1, 2:58 am, "Graham Mayor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner
similar to the following, using an internally generated bookmark
eg { REF _Ref186943993 \r \h }

While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I
don't see any easy way of modifying that construction to give
the correct result?

You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does
pose a way forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A
then CTRL+SHIFT+F9) you can use replace normally on the resulting
text. eg to change (\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2

if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
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grammatim wrote:
Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"?
(It's not in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace
dialog. As you know if you've been following my saga, I will
have hundreds of cross- references in the form "(123)a" that
will have to be changed to "(123a)" at the last moment after
they've been decoupled from their hyperlinks; but there are a
few like "(123)a-b" that will have to change to "(123a-b)".

I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c , and
)d with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to be other
examples of )- here and there, so I can't just search for them
automatically.

And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that
refers to unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct?
Backslash and not caret? And howcome I've never found this
mentioned anywhere? It could have been quite useful over the
years!

 

[grammatim]

In whch thread? or, do you have a message-ID?

Which is why I explained how to do this in my first reply to you.

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My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Unless you've come up with a way to get a "Paragraph number with full
context" to change the punctuation of the numbers, then the changning
of the format can only be done at the very end of editing, after all
possible updates that could change numbers, and the hyperlinks are
detached.

Level 2 reads          a.

Level 1 reads         (22)

and the cross reference reads      (22)a

but it needs to end up       (22a)

You said originally that you wanted to change the format of the
numbering? If you don't want to do that, then ^d REF will find all
the cross reference fields.
--
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatim wrote:
I don't want to replace anything, I just want to be able to go back
and see how I dealt with particular kinds of x-refs many pages
earlier -- that is, I just want to be able to find them without
scrolling through dozens of pages and maybe missing them because
there's nothing distinctive about them on the screen.
On Jan 1, 10:20 am, "Graham Mayor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
The page on my web site is relevant to all versions, including
2007? ^d REF will find REF fields, but how is that going to help
you, if you don't know the cross reference code to replace it
with? ^d does not work in a wildcard search.
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatim wrote:
Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it
all still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which
from the queries here doesn't appear to be at all an improvement.)
If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find them?
On Jan 1, 2:58 am, "Graham Mayor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner
similar to the following, using an internally generated bookmark
eg { REF _Ref186943993 \r \h }
While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I
don't see any easy way of modifying that construction to give
the correct result?
You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does
pose a way forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A
then CTRL+SHIFT+F9) you can use replace normally on the resulting
text. eg to change (\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2
if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2
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<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatim wrote:
Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"?
(It's not in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace
dialog. As you know if you've been following my saga, I will
have hundreds of cross- references in the form "(123)a" that
will have to be changed to "(123a)" at the last moment after
they've been decoupled from their hyperlinks; but there are a
few like "(123)a-b" that will have to change to "(123a-b)".
I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c , and
)d with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to be other
examples of )- here and there, so I can't just search for them
automatically.
And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that
refers to unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct?
Backslash and not caret? And howcome I've never found this
mentioned anywhere? It could have been quite useful over the
years!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

 

[Graham Mayor]

You hade replied to the post so I assumed you had seen it? The text content
was:

Take a look at http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner similar to the
following, using an internally generated bookmark eg { REF _Ref186943993 \r
\h }

While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I don't see any
easy way of modifying that construction to give the correct result?

You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does pose a way
forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A then CTRL+SHIFT+F9)
you can use replace normally on the resulting text. eg to change
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2

if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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In whch thread? or, do you have a message-ID?

Which is why I explained how to do this in my first reply to you.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Unless you've come up with a way to get a "Paragraph number with
full context" to change the punctuation of the numbers, then the
changning of the format can only be done at the very end of
editing, after all possible updates that could change numbers, and
the hyperlinks are detached.

Level 2 reads a.

Level 1 reads (22)

and the cross reference reads (22)a

but it needs to end up (22a)

You said originally that you wanted to change the format of the
numbering? If you don't want to do that, then ^d REF will find all
the cross reference fields.

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

grammatim wrote:
I don't want to replace anything, I just want to be able to go
back and see how I dealt with particular kinds of x-refs many
pages earlier -- that is, I just want to be able to find them
without scrolling through dozens of pages and maybe missing them
because there's nothing distinctive about them on the screen.

On Jan 1, 10:20 am, "Graham Mayor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
The page on my web site is relevant to all versions, including
2007? ^d REF will find REF fields, but how is that going to help
you, if you don't know the cross reference code to replace it
with? ^d does not work in a wildcard search.

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

grammatim wrote:
Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it
all still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which
from the queries here doesn't appear to be at all an
improvement.)

If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find
them?

On Jan 1, 2:58 am, "Graham Mayor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner
similar to the following, using an internally generated
bookmark eg { REF _Ref186943993 \r \h }

While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I
don't see any easy way of modifying that construction to give
the correct result?

You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does
pose a way forward. If you convert all the fields to text
(CTRL+A then CTRL+SHIFT+F9) you can use replace normally on
the resulting text. eg to change (\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2

if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

grammatim wrote:
Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"?
(It's not in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace
dialog. As you know if you've been following my saga, I will
have hundreds of cross- references in the form "(123)a" that
will have to be changed to "(123a)" at the last moment after
they've been decoupled from their hyperlinks; but there are a
few like "(123)a-b" that will have to change to "(123a-b)".

I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c ,
and )d with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to
be other examples of )- here and there, so I can't just
search for them automatically.

And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that
refers to unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct?
Backslash and not caret? And howcome I've never found this
mentioned anywhere? It could have been quite useful over the
years!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

 

[grammatim]

I've just come back from Chicago and have lost the thread of the
thread, as it were. The whole concept of referring to parts of a
wildcard search with \1 \2 \3 etc. was totally new to me, so once I
figure out the syntax of your formulas, I'll probably find them very
helpful.

You hade replied to the post so I assumed you had seen it? The text content
was:

Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner similar to the
following, using an internally generated bookmark eg { REF _Ref186943993 \r
\h }

While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I don't see any
easy way of modifying that construction to give the correct result?

You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does pose a way
forward. If you convert all the fields to text (CTRL+A then CTRL+SHIFT+F9)
you can use replace normally on the resulting text. eg to change
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2

if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2

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Graham Mayor -  Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
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grammatimwrote:

In whch thread? or, do you have a message-ID?

Which is why I explained how to do this in my first reply to you.
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatimwrote:
Unless you've come up with a way to get a "Paragraph number with
full context" to change the punctuation of the numbers, then the
changning of the format can only be done at the very end of
editing, after all possible updates that could change numbers, and
the hyperlinks are detached.
Level 2 reads a.
Level 1 reads (22)
and the cross reference reads (22)a
but it needs to end up (22a)
You said originally that you wanted to change the format of the
numbering? If you don't want to do that, then ^d REF will find all
the cross reference fields.
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatimwrote:
I don't want to replace anything, I just want to be able to go
back and see how I dealt with particular kinds of x-refs many
pages earlier -- that is, I just want to be able to find them
without scrolling through dozens of pages and maybe missing them
because there's nothing distinctive about them on the screen.
On Jan 1, 10:20 am, "Graham Mayor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
The page on my web site is relevant to all versions, including
2007? ^d REF will find REF fields, but how is that going to help
you, if you don't know the cross reference code to replace it
with? ^d does not work in a wildcard search.
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatimwrote:
Thank you -- there's information there that doesn't seem to be
available anywhere else. _But_ -- it's Word2000-oriented. Is it
all still valid in Word2003? (I don't even ask about 2007, which
from the queries here doesn't appear to be at all an
improvement.)
If References are Fields, howcome searching ^d doesn't find
them?
On Jan 1, 2:58 am, "Graham Mayor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Take a look athttp://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
Cross references to numbered items use ref fields in a manner
similar to the following, using an internally generated
bookmark eg { REF _Ref186943993 \r \h }
While you can run the replace function on displayed fields, I
don't see any easy way of modifying that construction to give
the correct result?
You mentioned that you were detaching the hyperlink, which does
pose a way forward. If you convert all the fields to text
(CTRL+A then CTRL+SHIFT+F9) you can use replace normally on
the resulting text. eg to change (\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z])
to
\1\3\2
if there are a-bs etc to find then do those first
(\([0-9]{1,3})(\))([a-z]-[b-z])
to
\1\3\2
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
grammatimwrote:
Is there a secret wild card character for "Cross-Reference"?
(It's not in the list of Special things in the Find-Replace
dialog. As you know if you've been following my saga, I will
have hundreds of cross- references in the form "(123)a" that
will have to be changed to "(123a)" at the last moment after
they've been decoupled from their hyperlinks; but there are a
few like "(123)a-b" that will have to change to "(123a-b)".
I can do the former by simply Find-Replacing )a , )b , )c ,
and )d with a) , b) , c) , and d) , but there are likely to
be other examples of )- here and there, so I can't just
search for them automatically.
And Jay just mentioned a super-secret wild card " \1 " that
refers to unspecified text found by Find! Is that correct?
Backslash and not caret? And howcome I've never found this
mentioned anywhere? It could have been quite useful over the
years!-