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canerata7

I have a really long text that I want to edit.Is it possible to make :

a) Making all sentences that are between (two paranthesis) italic? O
between [two brackets]? Or !between two exclamation points! ???

b) Making every single word that ends with : bold? Like this:

using Replace function or any other way? (I'm using Office XP
 
Hi canerata7,
I have a really long text that I want to edit.Is it possible to make :

a) Making all sentences that are between (two paranthesis) italic?
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Edit > Replace, check "Use wildcards",
Find what: \(*\)
Replace with: ((leave empty; check "Format > Font, italic"))

Or between [two brackets]?
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Find what: \[*\]

Or !between two exclamation points! ???
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Find what: \!*\!

The reason for the backslashes is that all these characters, (, ), [, ], !
are special characters in wildcard searches.
So they have to be "escaped" with a \backslash.

b) Making every single word that ends with : bold? Like this:
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Find what: <[! ]@:
"<" matches the start of a word, [! ]@ matches any text except spaces.

using Replace function or any other way? (I'm using Office XP)
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You can find more info on wildcard replacements in the Word help, and in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm
Just experiment a bit, and you'll quickly get the hang of it.

Good luck,
Klaus
 
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