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From: ArthurN on 25 May 2010 13:00 Hi, deserately need your help, I have this huge files that have lists and on those lists some items begin with a letter and other begin with an asterisk, like this: first sentence *first sentence second sentence *second sentence third sentence *third sentence I would like to move all the items that begin with an asterisk to the end of the list without any additional sorting, I mean the sentences shouldn't be further sorted by letters, like this: first sentence second sentence third sentence *first sentence *second sentence *third sentence I hope somebody will help me out here, thanx in advance, Arthur
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 25 May 2010 13:29 This should be possible. Perhaps someone more comfortable with wildcards can point out what I'm doing wrong. It should be possible to use the Find dialog as follows: 1. Check the box for "Highlight all items found." 2. Check the box for "Use wildcards." 3. Type \**^13 in the "Find what" box. 4. Click "Find All." 5. Click on the document title bar to return focus to the document without deselecting the selected items. 6. Cut the selected items. 7. Paste at the end of the document. The only problem is that, although Word will find \* (an asterisk), * (any number of characters), and ^13 (a paragraph break) individually, when they are all put together, Word does not find any items matching "this criteria." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "ArthurN" <ArthurN(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A10F55A6-F6BF-44AA-A716-F22BEF879992(a)microsoft.com... > Hi, deserately need your help, > I have this huge files that have lists and on those lists some items begin > with a letter and other begin with an asterisk, like this: > first sentence > *first sentence > second sentence > *second sentence > third sentence > *third sentence > > I would like to move all the items that begin with an asterisk to the end > of > the list without any additional sorting, I mean the sentences shouldn't be > further sorted by letters, like this: > first sentence > second sentence > third sentence > *first sentence > *second sentence > *third sentence > > I hope somebody will help me out here, > thanx in advance, > Arthur >
From: Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com on 25 May 2010 14:00 try this: 3. Type \*(*)^13 in the "Find what" box. Pam Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: >This should be possible. Perhaps someone more comfortable with wildcards can >point out what I'm doing wrong. It should be possible to use the Find dialog >as follows: > >1. Check the box for "Highlight all items found." > >2. Check the box for "Use wildcards." > >3. Type \**^13 in the "Find what" box. > >4. Click "Find All." > >5. Click on the document title bar to return focus to the document without >deselecting the selected items. > >6. Cut the selected items. > >7. Paste at the end of the document. > >The only problem is that, although Word will find \* (an asterisk), * (any >number of characters), and ^13 (a paragraph break) individually, when they >are all put together, Word does not find any items matching "this criteria." > >> Hi, deserately need your help, >> I have this huge files that have lists and on those lists some items begin >[quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> thanx in advance, >> Arthur -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 25 May 2010 15:52
Ah, yes. Works like a charm. Thanks, Pam. Arthur: Follow the instructions I provided in my post, using the search term Pam has provided, and you should be able to accomplish what you're looking for. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" <u43222(a)uwe> wrote in message news:a88ae5b26edf7(a)uwe... > try this: > > 3. Type \*(*)^13 in the "Find what" box. > > Pam > > Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: >>This should be possible. Perhaps someone more comfortable with wildcards >>can >>point out what I'm doing wrong. It should be possible to use the Find >>dialog >>as follows: >> >>1. Check the box for "Highlight all items found." >> >>2. Check the box for "Use wildcards." >> >>3. Type \**^13 in the "Find what" box. >> >>4. Click "Find All." >> >>5. Click on the document title bar to return focus to the document without >>deselecting the selected items. >> >>6. Cut the selected items. >> >>7. Paste at the end of the document. >> >>The only problem is that, although Word will find \* (an asterisk), * (any >>number of characters), and ^13 (a paragraph break) individually, when they >>are all put together, Word does not find any items matching "this >>criteria." >> >>> Hi, deserately need your help, >>> I have this huge files that have lists and on those lists some items >>> begin >>[quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >>> thanx in advance, >>> Arthur > > -- > Message posted via http://www.officekb.com > > |