How to search for duplicate words in the same document

[SAM049]

Hello,

I have an email list (5 pages long) that is in MS Word '07 and have many
email addresses in there that are repetitive. Is there a way I can search
for all repeated email addresses in my Word document so I can delete them?

The reason I need this is so that I do not send out more than one email to
one address. I am fundraising for charity and am trying to connect with all
my contacts!

Thank you very much for your help!

 

[Graham Mayor]

If the list comprises e-mail addresses one per paragraph, then select and
sort the list (Home Tab > Sort)
and use Replace with the wildcard option set to remove the duplicates i.e.
replace

(*^13)@
with
\1

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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[SAM049]

Hi Graham,

Thanks for your reply, but my email list is separated by commas and
semi-colons. Is there another way this can be solved?

Thanks.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Not without replacing the commas and semi-colons with paragraph marks (^p)
first.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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[SAM049]

DO you know how to do that? I could not do it using the replace function....

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Search for a comma and replace with ^p. Then search for a semicolon and
replace with ^p. Or perhaps you should replace the commas with tabs (^t)?

 

[SAM049]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Search for a comma and replace with ^p. Then search for a semicolon and
replace with ^p. Or perhaps you should replace the commas with tabs (^t)?

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