Find & Replace with "]"

[Chuck Humphrey]

I am trying to add a second period after the following type of entry
in a document: "[1234]." When I use "]." for the find no items are
found, event though there are many such instances in the document.

Suggestions?!
Chuck Humphrey

 

[Graham Mayor]

Are you saying that you have a series of numbers in square brackets? In this
case you need a wildcard search for
\[[0-9]{1,}\]
replace with
^&.
(that's ^& followed by a period)

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[Chuck Humphrey]

That did not work. Why can't I search for "]." and replace it with
"].." ?

Are you saying that you have a series of numbers in square brackets? In this
case you need a wildcard search for
\[[0-9]{1,}\]
replace with
^&.
(that's ^& followed by a period)

Chuck Humphrey

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can provided you don't have wildcards enabled.

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Words into Type
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That did not work. Why can't I search for "]." and replace it with
"].." ?

Are you saying that you have a series of numbers in square brackets? In this
case you need a wildcard search for
\[[0-9]{1,}\]
replace with
^&.
(that's ^& followed by a period)

Chuck Humphrey

 

[Graham Mayor]

If Wildcards *are* enabled, the originally posted solution works.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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You can provided you don't have wildcards enabled.

That did not work. Why can't I search for "]." and replace it with
"].." ?

Are you saying that you have a series of numbers in square
brackets? In this case you need a wildcard search for
\[[0-9]{1,}\]
replace with
^&.
(that's ^& followed by a period)

Chuck Humphrey