Find and Replace

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I have a document with ONE space after each sentence. I would like to use
"Find and Replace" to change the single space to TWO spaces.

This is an easy problem for a human brain, but I'm not sure how to get
everything I want (and Not get what I DON'T want) with "Find and Replace".

Example BEFORE:
Sentence one. The second sentence. Here's the third. And finally the last.

Example AFTER:
Sentence one. The second sentence. Here's the third. And finally the
last.

Is there an easy way to do this? My document is over 60 pages long.

Thanks!

- John R. Baker
 
With the wildcard option set replace
([.\?\!])( )([! ])
with
\1\2\2\3

This will replace any single space after a period, question mark or
exclamation mark with a double space.
You should copy and paste the strings from here so you get the correct
number or spaces in the first string.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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Thank you for your reply.

My question was sent as a "New Post" and not a "Reply Group". I originally
thought the message got lost since I couldn't find it as a new thread. I'm
using Outlook Express, and this may be a bug in the way Outlook Express
handles messages, since it appears to me as a reply in a thread that was
started by "Island Girl" on 11/08/2004. Either that, or I don't fully
understand how newsgroups work. In any case, sorry for the repost, and
thanks again for your response.

- John R. Baker


Graham Mayor said:
With the wildcard option set replace
([.\?\!])( )([! ])
with
\1\2\2\3

This will replace any single space after a period, question mark or
exclamation mark with a double space.
You should copy and paste the strings from here so you get the correct
number or spaces in the first string.

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

My web site www.gmayor.com

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


I have a document with ONE space after each sentence. I would like
to use "Find and Replace" to change the single space to TWO spaces.

This is an easy problem for a human brain, but I'm not sure how to get
everything I want (and Not get what I DON'T want) with "Find and
Replace".

Example BEFORE:
Sentence one. The second sentence. Here's the third. And finally the
last.

Example AFTER:
Sentence one. The second sentence. Here's the third. And finally
the last.

Is there an easy way to do this? My document is over 60 pages long.

Thanks!

- John R. Baker
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I have a document with ONE space after each sentence. I would like to use
"Find and Replace" to change the single space to TWO spaces.

This is an easy problem for a human brain, but I'm not sure how to get
everything I want (and Not get what I DON'T want) with "Find and Replace".

Example BEFORE:
Sentence one. The second sentence. Here's the third. And finally the last.

Example AFTER:
Sentence one. The second sentence. Here's the third. And finally the
last.

Is there an easy way to do this? My document is over 60 pages long.
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I quite often do it the other way - look for two spaces and reduce them to
one.

I don't see why it shouldn't be possible to reverse the process.

In the Find box type . and press the space bar once.

In the replace box type . and press the space bar twice.

It might need an additional step, though:

In the Find box presa . and press the space bar three times.

In the replace box type . and press the space bar twice.
 
With 60 pages there is a good chance you might alread have a few double
spaces already inserted and a simple find .space and replace with
..spacespace may induce a few errors. Using a wildcard search you could find
..space([!space]) and replace with .spacespace\1

This would find any period, single space, and any adjacent character except
another period and replace with .spacespace(and that character).
 
It was either pilot error or the threading on the server went adrift
somewhere ;)

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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Thank you for your reply.

My question was sent as a "New Post" and not a "Reply Group". I
originally thought the message got lost since I couldn't find it as a
new thread. I'm using Outlook Express, and this may be a bug in the
way Outlook Express handles messages, since it appears to me as a
reply in a thread that was started by "Island Girl" on 11/08/2004.
Either that, or I don't fully understand how newsgroups work. In any
case, sorry for the repost, and thanks again for your response.

- John R. Baker


Graham Mayor said:
With the wildcard option set replace
([.\?\!])( )([! ])
with
\1\2\2\3

This will replace any single space after a period, question mark or
exclamation mark with a double space.
You should copy and paste the strings from here so you get the
correct number or spaces in the first string.

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

My web site www.gmayor.com

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


I have a document with ONE space after each sentence. I would like
to use "Find and Replace" to change the single space to TWO spaces.

This is an easy problem for a human brain, but I'm not sure how to
get everything I want (and Not get what I DON'T want) with "Find and
Replace".

Example BEFORE:
Sentence one. The second sentence. Here's the third. And finally the
last.

Example AFTER:
Sentence one. The second sentence. Here's the third. And finally
the last.

Is there an easy way to do this? My document is over 60 pages long.

Thanks!

- John R. Baker
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