Find & Replace (replace w/ field)?

[Not Really Me]

Is it possible to use a field as a replace value in a find and replace box?

I need to replace the same piece of text many times.

Would a keyboard macro work?

Scott

 

[Greg Maxey]

Yes it is possible to use a field (a copy of a field) in the replace with
box.

What exactly are you trying to do?

 

[Not Really Me]

Yes it is possible to use a field (a copy of a field) in the replace with
box.

What exactly are you trying to do?

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Greg,
It doesn't seem to work when I try it. I have about a dozen docs ranging
from 10-80 pages that I want to make more flexible. We re-use them all the
time and need to change many items. My plan is to make the variable items
docproperties then replace the existing text with the docproperties fields.
There are enough that some form of automation would be worthwhile. I guess
this is a variation on mail merge.

When I do a copy of a field item into the replace box it only copies the
current value of the field, not the field codes. If I manually put the
field code into the replace box I get an error.

Scott

 

[Graham Mayor]

You copy the field code to the clipboard and put ^c (clipboard content) in
the replace box.

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[Not Really Me]

Thanks to Graham and Greg for the answer.

You copy the field code to the clipboard and put ^c (clipboard content) in
the replace box.

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