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I know that I must have what I'm looking for on a list somewhere, but I can't find it at the moment. In a search containing email addresses, I need to know...

I have a 50 page document with names, addresses and phone numbers. The phone numbers are not formatted as usual (for example, (954) 543-1800). Instead...

Find and Replace with wildcards is the most fascinating thing about Word to me. After first studying Graham's article and receiving so much help from you...

I was asked to delete all company names from a very, very long document and replace with XXXX's. Since all of the names were at least two words, I tried to...

While trying to replace all company names in a really long document with "XXX," it dawned on me that it would be helpful to find two or more words in a row...

My favorite subject. I often need to change manual numbering with automatic numbering. When I change numbered letters such as (a), (b), etc., I use (\(\))...

It just dawned on me! (\(\)^t) takes care of the problem I posed in my previous email about removing space after a replace of manual numbering. It was a...

How do I find all hyperlinks and replace them with undo hyperlinks

How do I indicate a hidden paragraph in a wildcard search? In this case there's a long document with the period after the hidden paragraph symbol. It needs...

Suppose I have a 90 page document crammed full of the following number patterns: 11R1962-72. I need to put these numbers in parentheses wherever they...

I need to make bold the phrases and words that appear in all caps in a long document. I thought I was doing okay in the find and replace area, but nothing I...

I was handed a list of names in a table column to be used in a mail merge. There is, for some reason, a space before each of the first names which I would...

Through months of help from this wonderful group of people, I've come far enough to find all instances of, say, "Section 8.09" and add underlining. In...

Is it possible to use find and replace to find formatting marks? I have a document that I need to place a tab after each line. each line is it's own...

I have a document in which the writer often fails to put a space between a word or number and the parenthetical expression following the word or number; for...

I have a list of names and email addresses, for example: Bill Smith I want to delete the email addresses, leaving just the list of...

Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box?

Is there a way in the Find and Replace dialog box of telling Word to underline a whole sentence but not the period following it? I know how to underline...

I have a database which has information about a person. One of the field is contact number which is like 123.456.7890 I want to change that contact number to...

Hello, I inserted a symbol using the Wingding font. How do I tell the Find feature to find this symbol? Your help is truly appreciated. Thank you... Elaine