replace @ character in word

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How do I go about finding the @ character in Word. I am trying to replace
email addresses with domains ie (e-mail address removed) >>> mail.com
 
Howzitgoing said:
How do I go about finding the @ character in Word. I am trying to replace
email addresses with domains ie (e-mail address removed) >>> mail.com
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There is no automatic way to replace the many user IDs that exist in front
of the @ character. I would choose Replace from the Edit drop down menu. The
replace @ with several spaces. This could make it easier to manually delete
the user names.
 
If you have the email addresses in a column of data, it would be easier to
take it into Excel (as a text file) and parse the email addresses using the
Data -> Text to Columns menu. You could then save it back as a text file
and reopen with Word.
 
Howzitgoing said:
How do I go about finding the @ character in Word. I am trying to
replace email addresses with domains ie (e-mail address removed) >>>
mail.com
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Just open the Find or Replace dialog and type the @ character in the Find
What box. That works for me, regardless of whether the character is in a
hyperlink or in plain text. If you see something different, what is it?
 
And if you'd want to delete the name preceeding the domain (up to and including
the @), you might be able to do that with a wildcard replacement.
If the email addys are all in the "Hyperlink" character style, you should be
able to search for that style and "*\@(?)" in "Find what", and replace with \1.
*\@ matches everything up to and including the @, and ? the first character in
the domain name.
\1 re-inserts that character.

Regards,
Klaus
 
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