Wild Card Search for Roman Numerals

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Is there a way to use wildcards in Find/Replace to find roman numerals, such
as I, II, III, IV, etc., or lower case as in i, ii, ii, iv etc.?
 
Try "<[CDILMVXcdilmvx]{1,}>" (without the quotes)

If you want only upper case or only lower case I'm sure you can adapt it.
 
Thanks. (Why didn't I think of that?) I think this search would find each
instance of any of those characters, whether used alphabetically or as Roman
Numerals. But since I am really looking at documents using these for
numbering purposes (in regulations) I can figure out how to narrow it down
in context.


Tony Jollans said:
Try "<[CDILMVXcdilmvx]{1,}>" (without the quotes)

If you want only upper case or only lower case I'm sure you can adapt it.

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Enjoy,
Tony

Joe McGuire said:
Is there a way to use wildcards in Find/Replace to find roman numerals,
such as I, II, III, IV, etc., or lower case as in i, ii, ii, iv etc.?
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Have you tried it? It should work unless you use a lot of unusual acronymns.
Don't forget the pointy brackets!

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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Joe said:
Thanks. (Why didn't I think of that?) I think this search would find
each instance of any of those characters, whether used alphabetically
or as Roman Numerals. But since I am really looking at documents
using these for numbering purposes (in regulations) I can figure out
how to narrow it down in context.


Tony Jollans said:
Try "<[CDILMVXcdilmvx]{1,}>" (without the quotes)

If you want only upper case or only lower case I'm sure you can
adapt it. --
Enjoy,
Tony

Joe McGuire said:
Is there a way to use wildcards in Find/Replace to find roman
numerals, such as I, II, III, IV, etc., or lower case as in i, ii,
ii, iv etc.?
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Yes, it works! thanks!

Graham Mayor said:
Have you tried it? It should work unless you use a lot of unusual
acronymns. Don't forget the pointy brackets!

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Joe said:
Thanks. (Why didn't I think of that?) I think this search would find
each instance of any of those characters, whether used alphabetically
or as Roman Numerals. But since I am really looking at documents
using these for numbering purposes (in regulations) I can figure out
how to narrow it down in context.


Tony Jollans said:
Try "<[CDILMVXcdilmvx]{1,}>" (without the quotes)

If you want only upper case or only lower case I'm sure you can
adapt it. --
Enjoy,
Tony

Is there a way to use wildcards in Find/Replace to find roman
numerals, such as I, II, III, IV, etc., or lower case as in i, ii,
ii, iv etc.?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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