Simple Regex Grouping Problem p100 > p. 100 find what p([0-9]) replace with p. /1

Question

A student specifies pages incorrectly as p1 or p100 when in APA style it should be "p. 1" or "p. 100"
https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2015/03/when-and-how-to-include-page-numbers-in-apa-style-citations.html

So I used
Find what: p([0-9]) in English, p followed immediately by a numeral in group (1)
Replace with: p. \1

The find works e.g. on p100 and finds the "p1" but when I replace the grouping is ignored and the result is
"p1. 00" not "p. 100" as I would like.

I also tried putting the p in its own group
Find what: (p)([0-9])
Replace with: p. \2
and
Replace with: \1. \2

but bothy of these likewise result in
"p1. 00" not "p. 100" as I would like.

There are a lot of these so I would be grateful of a solution.

Answer 1

The problem is most likely due to having 'track changes' switched on.

Answer 2

Hi @Timothy Takemoto timtak

May you could try the following.

• In Format, select Style, then set the style as below screenshot.
• Replace "p" with "p. ".
  

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Answer 3

Dear erinding-msft
Thank you for your answer.

However, I do not mean to refer to the page number of the manuscript but page numbers of citations.

Such as (made up)

My student writes

"the impartial spectator," (Smith, 1757, p450)

When my student should write
"the impartial spectator," (Smith, 1757, p. 450)

I find my Office 2007 to be better than the newer versions. I don't want to pay a Microsoft tax. I don't think software wears out over time. I don't need any more security than it provides. But I would like to know if this is a bug in Office 2007 or whether I am just writing the regex wrong.