Find and Replace Random Strings

Question

Hi all,

I'm trying to find and replace a bunch of strings in a Word doc. The strings vary but are all CAPS and all contain a paragraph mark before the string and at the end of the string. The strings are like this:

DUTCH COUNTRY BEAN SOUP

SPLIT PEA SOUP

EGG BALLS FOR SOUP

Is there some way to use wildcards like (^13)([A-Z]{n})(^13) in the Find What box but replace "n" with a variable that will find all uppercase strings even with spaces between words?

And then what would I put in the Replace box to preserve all of text?

Answer 1

If you want to use all of the found string, one set of parenthesis is all that you need.

(^13[A-Z ]{1,}^13)

and then

\1

in the Replace with box.

Actually, if you want to use all of the found string, no parentheses are needed!

Find = ^13[A-Z ]{1,}^13

Replace = ^&

Answer 2

If you want to use all of the found string, one set of parenthesis is all that you need.

(^13[A-Z ]{1,}^13)

and then

\1

in the Replace with box.

Answer 3

Hi Doug,

I want to keep the text but bold change the formatting to bold.

So I used your magic wildcards and just modified them like so:

(^13)([A-Z ]{1,})(^13)

and put \1\2\3 in the Replace box with Bold font formatting for that box.

Thanks!

Answer 4

Use

^13[A-Z ]{1,}^13

There is a space after the Z before the ]

You have not told us what you want to replace the string or part of it with so cannot help on the last question.