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[DSaw]

Using find and replace (or a macro) how would I do the following


Change this

Mat 1:1
Text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

Mat 1:2
Text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

To this


Mat 1:1 Text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

Mat 1:2 Text text text text text text text text text text text text text text



Thank You

Edited by DSaw, 01 July 2012 - 10:48 AM.

[pfpeller]

In M.S. Word with "use wildcards" selected

Search
<([A-z]{1,4})>( )([0-9]{1,3})(:)([0-9]{1,3})(^l)

Repalce
\1\2\3\4\5

Make sure there is a space after the \5 in the replace command

I tried this on the small amount of text above pasted into MS word and it seemed to work fine.

Please see attachment to get the search command without the :)

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[DSaw]

Thanks but It does not seem to work for me I copies the search & replace filled in the smiley face and made sure there was a space after the 5 but would not find anything

I created a macro but its not as fast as search and replace

[BaptizedBeliever]

replace ([0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2})^13
with \1 (make sure you have a space after the \1)

If that doesn't work, change the ^13 to ^l (lower case L there) and everything else the same.

-Brad

Edited by Bradley S. Cobb, 01 July 2012 - 12:20 PM.

[Josh Bond]

Thanks but It does not seem to work for me I copies the search & replace filled in the smiley face and made sure there was a space after the 5 but would not find anything

I created a macro but its not as fast as search and replace

I edited Peter's post to turn off emiticons which are on by default and show the smiley faces with certain character combinations. Should copy better.

[pfpeller]

I edited Peter's post to turn off emiticons which are on by default and show the smiley faces with certain character combinations. Should copy better.

Thanks Josh,
I just edited again because I think there was en extra space in the search command.

Thanks but It does not seem to work for me I copies the search & replace filled in the smiley face and made sure there was a space after the 5 but would not find anything
I created a macro but its not as fast as search and replace

DSaw,

The above works for me now when I paste it in. I just tested it.
It sounds like you have it figured out with a macro though.

Bradley's looks simpler though I have not tested it, I often do things the hard way .

Blessings,
Peter

[DSaw]

Both did not work even the edit I copied and pasted; wildcard is on I attached an RTF of mark from the bible

 search.PNG   111.8K   10 downloads

Attached Files

•  Mark.rtf   6.88MB   8 downloads

Edited by DSaw, 01 July 2012 - 02:35 PM.

[pfpeller]

Both did not work I copied and pasted; wildcard is on I attached an RTF of mark from the bible

I didnt try your edited post

Well,
Those are paragraph marks and not line marks.

I tried to do it in the attachment. Did that work?

Search
<([A-z]{1,4})>( )([0-9]{1,3})( :)([0-9]{1,3})(^13)

Repalce
\1\2\3\4\5


Josh,
how do you turn off emoticons?

Attached Files

•  Mark.rtf   6.63MB   2 downloads

[pfpeller]

Both did not work even the edit I copied and pasted; wildcard is on I attached an RTF of mark from the bible

 search.PNG   111.8K   10 downloads

Need ^13 instead of ^l

See attachment in my post above, I ran my search and replace on it and I think it worked.
Blessings,
Peter

[BaptizedBeliever]

What do the "<" and ">" do in the search field? That's what I'm not getting.