Replacing/removing bracketed codes in a document

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In my job I use very lengthy lists of products. After
each product I put its code in brackets. ex. Trip
Computer (LET). Sometimes I need to print these lists
WITHOUT the code. I tried to use the "replace" function
to remove them but I just can't seem to get it to work.
I've tried using the wildcard (*) or (?) and even [()].
But nothing to this point enables me to get rid of these
codes unless I manually go through the listed one by one
and delete it's code. It is terribly time consuming.
I'm sure there must be a simple solution to this
problem. Help! Thanks
JM
 
Did you remember to check the Use Wildcards box

----- JM wrote: ----

In my job I use very lengthy lists of products. After
each product I put its code in brackets. ex. Trip
Computer (LET). Sometimes I need to print these lists
WITHOUT the code. I tried to use the "replace" function
to remove them but I just can't seem to get it to work.
I've tried using the wildcard (*) or (?) and even [()].
But nothing to this point enables me to get rid of these
codes unless I manually go through the listed one by one
and delete it's code. It is terribly time consuming.
I'm sure there must be a simple solution to this
problem. Help! Thanks
J
 
With Use wildcards checked, search for \(*\)

You need the backslashes because parentheses otherwise have special meaning
in the search pattern.
 
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