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From: rodchar on 17 Dec 2009 11:00
Hi All,

Is there a way to select all things in a document that match a certain
pattern?
For example, I have a mailing label document where I would like to select
just the City, State and Zip line for all the labels? (shot in the dark)

Thanks,
rodchar
From: Jay Freedman on 17 Dec 2009 11:29
rodchar wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Is there a way to select all things in a document that match a certain
> pattern?
> For example, I have a mailing label document where I would like to
> select just the City, State and Zip line for all the labels? (shot in
> the dark)
>
> Thanks,
> rodchar

Depending on how the document is laid out, and how uniform it is, you may be
able to use a wildcard pattern. See
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm.

You might do better to convert that document to a mail merge source
document: http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels_into_mail_merge.htm. Then it
will be much easier to select specific columns containing the desired
information.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
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From: rodchar on 17 Dec 2009 15:35
thanks for the help,
rod.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> rodchar wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Is there a way to select all things in a document that match a certain
> > pattern?
> > For example, I have a mailing label document where I would like to
> > select just the City, State and Zip line for all the labels? (shot in
> > the dark)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > rodchar
>
> Depending on how the document is laid out, and how uniform it is, you may be
> able to use a wildcard pattern. See
> http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm.
>
> You might do better to convert that document to a mail merge source
> document: http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels_into_mail_merge.htm. Then it
> will be much easier to select specific columns containing the desired
> information.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
>
> .
>
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