Overselection in Word

XP Prof. / Word 2000 SP3.

Find: ^p3
for text:
Line 1: ... fling her
Line 2: 30

Selection for found text extends from the paragraph mark at the end of
line 1 to the zero at the end of line2, instead of only including the
3.

Auto select entire word is clear.

How can I get the selection I need?

Graham
Sat Jul 19 04:21:03 PDT 2008

The selection is doing what you asked ie find the paragraph mark followed by
the 3.
To select just the 3 search for 3; however this will find any 3 in the
document. How you find the particular 3 using the Find function rather
depends on what you want to do with it having found it.
See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm .

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Judy wrote:
> XP Prof. / Word 2000 SP3.
>
> Find: ^p3
> for text:
> Line 1: ... fling her
> Line 2: 30
>
> Selection for found text extends from the paragraph mark at the end of
> line 1 to the zero at the end of line2, instead of only including the
> 3.
>
> Auto select entire word is clear.
>
> How can I get the selection I need?

macropod
Sat Jul 19 05:23:23 PDT 2008

Hi Judy,

Find: ^p3 will only select:
¶
30
if the '30' is in a field. Otherwise, it only selects:
¶
3

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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Judy" <JudyEllis1946@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:17a1926a-f63b-4a72-ae1e-a69f7948f895@j1g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
> XP Prof. / Word 2000 SP3.
>
> Find: ^p3
> for text:
> Line 1: ... fling her
> Line 2: 30
>
> Selection for found text extends from the paragraph mark at the end of
> line 1 to the zero at the end of line2, instead of only including the
> 3.
>
> Auto select entire word is clear.
>
> How can I get the selection I need?

Judy
Sun Jul 20 00:09:51 PDT 2008

On Jul 19, 5:23=A0am, "macropod" <macro...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Hi Judy,
>
> Find: ^p3 will only select:
> =B6
> 30
> if the '30' is in a field. Otherwise, it only selects:
> =B6
> 3
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
>
>
>
> "Judy" <JudyEllis1...@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:17a1926a-f63b-4a7=
2-ae1e-a69f7948f895@j1g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
> > XP Prof. / Word 2000 SP3.
>
> > Find: ^p3
> > for text:
> > Line 1: ... fling her
> > Line 2: 30
>
> > Selection for found text extends from the paragraph mark at the end of
> > line 1 to the zero at the end of line2, instead of only including the
> > 3.
>
> > Auto select entire word is clear.
>
> > How can I get the selection I need?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks, macropod. Put me in the right direction. The numbers are
indeed in fields, through no choice of mine. Looked for a macro to
remove fields, but the one I found didn=92t work. But when I pasted the
text into Notepad and back into Word the fields were gone and the Find
worked correctly.

Doug
Sun Jul 20 02:01:13 PDT 2008

To convert a field into ordinary text, select it and then use Ctrl+Shift+F9
or use a macro with the code

ActiveDocument.Fields.Unlink

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Judy" <JudyEllis1946@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:78551854-cc95-461c-8438-7e13e385b638@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 19, 5:23 am, "macropod" <macro...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Hi Judy,
>
> Find: ^p3 will only select:
> ¶
> 30
> if the '30' is in a field. Otherwise, it only selects:
> ¶
> 3
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
>
>
>
> "Judy" <JudyEllis1...@hotmail.com> wrote in
> messagenews:17a1926a-f63b-4a72-ae1e-a69f7948f895@j1g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
> > XP Prof. / Word 2000 SP3.
>
> > Find: ^p3
> > for text:
> > Line 1: ... fling her
> > Line 2: 30
>
> > Selection for found text extends from the paragraph mark at the end of
> > line 1 to the zero at the end of line2, instead of only including the
> > 3.
>
> > Auto select entire word is clear.
>
> > How can I get the selection I need?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks, macropod. Put me in the right direction. The numbers are
indeed in fields, through no choice of mine. Looked for a macro to
remove fields, but the one I found didn?t work. But when I pasted the
text into Notepad and back into Word the fields were gone and the Find
worked correctly.