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Word help requested. I want to replace anything in brackets. How do I do a replace for [*]

Posted by The Last Dano on the Left (aka dano) Mar 12 '09, 17:43

The issue is that I want to use the * as a wildcard, but I don't want to use the [] wildcards.

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Finally got it. For the record, the answer was: \[*\] -- nm - The Last Dano on the Left Mar 12, 18:07 1
- Ahh, the problem with Word is that it's got different names and symbols for stuff that's standard. - the liioulu with earcovers Mar 12, 18:10
You should be able to type in [*] as what you want to replace and then type in what you want to replace it with. - the liioulu with earcovers Mar 12, 17:47 1
- Find and Replace under Edit -- nm - the liioulu with earcovers Mar 12, 17:50
so you want to leave the brackets as is? -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 17:46 11
- Here's an example of what I want to do... - The Last Dano on the Left Mar 12, 17:48 10
  - when you're done, can you give me Susan's number? -- nm - pigby Mar 12, 17:50 1
    - 867-5309 -- nm - The Last Dano on the Left Mar 12, 18:08
  - F&R [*](space) with (space) - Reagen Mar 12, 17:50 7
    - You would think that that would work... - The Last Dano on the Left Mar 12, 17:56 5
      - You might have to work around it, by just using find and editing each yourself. -- nm - the liioulu with earcovers Mar 12, 17:58 4
        
        i think the point was he is trying to avoid having to do that -- nm - pigby Mar 12, 18:00 3
        
        Sometimes you can't. -- nm - the liioulu with earcovers Mar 12, 18:03
        
        And the Find command has the exact same problem as the Replace command with these wildcards anyway. -- nm - The Last Dano on the Left Mar 12, 18:01 1
        
        With the find you just go for one bracket [ instead of the whole thing. - the liioulu with earcovers Mar 12, 18:05
    - that should do it. -- nm - the liioulu with earcovers Mar 12, 17:50

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