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Article #8453Word 4.0 'Replace' command.
From: Stephen N. Spencer
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1991 12:28
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1991 12:28
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Ran across something interesting last night while using Microsoft Word 4.0a, and thought I'd share it, and perhaps gain a little insight into the situation. I had to replace all occurrences of the string "Todd's" to "Mark's" in a document. (not the double quotes, just the person's name, the apostrophe, and the 's' character) First try: Put "Todd's" in the 'Find' box, and "Mark's" in the 'Replace' box. Didn't find any of the occurrences of "Todd's" in the document. None of them. Second try: (after reading the reference manual) Put "Todd?s" in the 'Find' box, and "Mark's" in the 'Replace' box. Worked fine, though took longer than the searching did in the first try. Now I understand why the second try worked: the '?' is a wildcard, and of course it's going to take longer to search using that particular string. But why didn't the first try work? Anyone have a clue? ---- Stephen N. Spencer ACCAD - The Ohio State University 1224 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212-1154 spencer@cgrg.ohio-state.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!caen!malgudi!sunc.osc.edu!spencer@cgrg.ohio-state.edu From: spencer@cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Stephen N. Spencer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Word 4.0 'Replace' command. Message-ID: <1566@gertie.osc.edu> Date: 18 Apr 91 12:28:13 GMT Sender: spencer@osc.edu Distribution: usa Organization: OSU Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design Lines: 22