

Use the following codes to find letters, formatting, fields, or special characters. One or more occurrences of the previous character or finds lot and loot Answer: In Word, do the following: Type CTRL H You should see a submenu like this: In the Find what: section, type in or paste the text you want to replace. Tck finds tock and tuck, but not tack or tickĮxactly n occurrences of the previous character or expressionĪt least n occurrences of the previous character or expressionįrom n to m occurrences of the previous character or expression Ranges must be in ascending orderĪny single character except the characters in the range inside the brackets (in)> finds in and within, but not interesting Outlook will find Ashton Chris and replace it with Chris Ashton. Replace each word or phrase in italics with a word which has an opposite meaning.

In order to reverse the condition (i.e., to change underlined text to italicized), change the Italc on/off codes to Und on/off codes in steps 3 and 5 of the first list. For example, type (Ashton) (Chris) in the Find what box and \2 \1 in the Replace with box. &0183 &32 You can now play the macro to find paired italics codes and replace them with underline (or other) codes. When you want to search for an expression and then replace it with the rearranged expression, use the \n wildcard. For example, type to find "presorted" and "prevented". When you want to group the wildcard characters and text and to indicate the order of evaluation, use parentheses. For example, type \? to find a question mark. You can also select the text, then use a shortcut: Bold. Then, select the Bold, Italics, or Underline button in the Home tab as shown below.

To bold, italicize, or underline, select the text you want to change. When you want to search for a character that's defined as a wildcard, type a backslash ( \) before the character. You can do this with bold, italics, underline, or all three. Notice that the Match case and Find whole words only check boxes are unavailable (dimmed) to indicate that these options are automatically turned on and can't be turned off. When you select the Use wildcards check box, Outlook finds only the exact text specified. Wildcards for items you want to find and replace Tip: To cancel a search in progress, press ESC.
