Topic: Wild Card

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Automatically Formatting Text within Quotes If you want to do formatting changes to quoted text within a document, figuring out exactly how to do it can be challenging. This tip discusses a couple of ideas you can use. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Replacing Multiple Spaces with Tabs If you get a document or some text that has multiple consecutive spaces used to align information, you’ll undoubtedly be looking for a quick way to replace those spaces with tabs. Here’s the absolute fastest way to do the replacing. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Searching for Characters When using pattern matching in a search, you can specify individual characters or ranges of characters you want matched in the search. This tip explains how brackets are used to denote exactly which characters should be considered a match when searching. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Setting Table Values to Three Decimal Places If you import information into a document from another program, the values you import may not be exactly to your liking. For instance, you might need to limit imported data to three decimal places. The best and fastest ways to perform this task are discussed in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Special Differences when Searching The special characters you can search for differ based on the type of search you are doing. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Specifying a Number of Matches When using pattern matching (wild cards) in searching, Word allows you to specify how many of a particular character should occur in order for a match to be made. This tip describes the parameter, surrounded by curly braces, and gives examples of how it can be effectively used. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Standardizing Note Reference Placement When placing footnotes and endnotes in a document, it is normal that the references for these notes be placed after any punctuation that ends the clause or sentence to which the note refers. If you have a document that has many misplaced note references, you may be interested in this tip, which will switch the relationship of the note reference and the punctuation. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Understanding Pattern Matching Pattern matching is a type of searching you can do in Word that is very powerful. Despite its power, it remains rather esoteric to many Word users. This tip provides an overview of what pattern matching is and how you can turn it on when searching. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

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