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Delete character | Dumb me

Daniel Frisano — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:43:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Delete character
Poster: Daniel Frisano
Post title: Dumb me

[quote]Jan Truper wrote:

Find what: #^$
Replace with:

[/quote]

Doh, it's so simple. How couldn't I figure it out?!

#^? works with any character, #^$ with letters only (which incidentally is my case).

Tony, your option works as #? with wildcards - except that I need to use something other than # or other special characters.

[Edited at 2019-02-10 15:28 GMT]

Delete character | ...

Jan Truper — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 11:24:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Delete character
Poster: Jan Truper
Post title: ...

If I understand you correctly, try this:

Find what: #^$
Replace with:

(i.e., leave the "Replace with" field empty, but hit the Replace/Replace All button nonetheless)

Delete character | Can you use a wild card?

Tony M — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 11:23:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Delete character
Poster: Tony M
Post title: Can you use a wild card?

I'd have thought you'd simply use #* and check the 'use wildcards' box, then leave the 'replace with field' empty

Would that not work? I haven't got time to try it right now...

Delete character

Daniel Frisano — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 10:45:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Delete character
Poster: Daniel Frisano

I need a character to use in find-and-replace in MS Word that deletes the character that comes next (as well as disappearing itself). Example:

Original string: "Text to be dis#zplayed"

Find what: #
Replace with: [This is what I am looking for!]

Final string: "Text to be displayed"

Any ideas? (Don't ask me why I need it)