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From: Matthew C. on 19 Mar 2010 21:17
My document, converted from .PDF, has many places with no space after the
period (.)at the end of a sentence. I want to find&replace the document for
periods that do NOT have a space after them.

Before I go the long way and search for ".a", ".b", ".c", etc. I'd like to
know if there is an easier way.
From: Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com on 19 Mar 2010 22:59
You can do a wildcard search for .[!sp] and replace that with .sp, where sp
= space.

But note that you could get inappropriate changes such as spaces within
decimals and abbreviations (such as 1. 04 and U. N. C. L. E. instead of 1.
04 and U.N.C.L.E.).

HTH,

Pam


Matthew C. wrote:
>My document, converted from .PDF, has many places with no space after the
>period (.)at the end of a sentence. I want to find&replace the document for
>periods that do NOT have a space after them.
>
>Before I go the long way and search for ".a", ".b", ".c", etc. I'd like to
>know if there is an easier way.

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From: macropod on 20 Mar 2010 00:13
Hi Matthew,

You could use a wildcard Find/Replace, with:
Find = (.)([A-Z])
Replace = \1 \2


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"Matthew C." <MatthewC(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:19AA9D08-2A5D-4CBE-BFE6-D535BC025185(a)microsoft.com...
> My document, converted from .PDF, has many places with no space after the
> period (.)at the end of a sentence. I want to find&replace the document for
> periods that do NOT have a space after them.
>
> Before I go the long way and search for ".a", ".b", ".c", etc. I'd like to
> know if there is an easier way.
From: Opinicus on 20 Mar 2010 01:19
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:59:40 GMT, "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com"
<u43222(a)uwe> wrote:

> You can do a wildcard search for .[!sp] and replace that with .sp, where sp
> = space.

I can't seem to get this to work. Where is ! documented for use in
search and replacement?

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http://www.kanyak.com
From: Graham Mayor on 20 Mar 2010 02:26
See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

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On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:59:40 GMT, "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com"
<u43222(a)uwe> wrote:

> You can do a wildcard search for .[!sp] and replace that with .sp, where
> sp
> = space.

I can't seem to get this to work. Where is ! documented for use in
search and replacement?

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Bob
http://www.kanyak.com


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