Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 9, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Word in Microsoft 365
Patrick has a document in which there are "start" and "stop" character sequences that indicate where italics should begin and end. For instance, in the text sequence "$$$This is some text!$!" the "$$$" indicates the start of italics and the "!$!" indicates the end. Patrick wonders if there is a way he can use Find and Replace to (1) remove the character sequences and (2) format the text between those character sequences to italics.
This type of Find and Replace may sound difficult, but Word actually makes it quite easy, provided you use wildcards in your F&R operation. Follow these steps:
That's it; only a single find-and-replace operation is needed. The "find" pattern (in step 4) indicates you want to find anything (*) surrounded by your indicated markers. Important! that the backslashes before the exclamation marks in step 4 are important, as they cause the characters to be treated as actual exclamation marks.
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2022-07-18 16:28:37
Therese Grisewood
Hi Allen,
I'm one of your subscribers from Ireland. I'm hoping you can help me.
I need to create a vocabulary list from each chapter of my proposed Spanish book. How do I create this? Is there a trick I need to know?
Thanks for all your tips each Saturday. I read them and save them. I also have some of your videos. I'm working through Macros and used them in my Spanish book.
Thanks again and stay safe in the sun. Imagine we have over 85 degrees Fahrenheit in Ireland today. Unheard of high temperatures for our little country.
Therese Grisewood
tquinn38@gmail.com
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