Can I use a button action for the "Replace with..." feature ?

[Johnny B.]

If for example I have a document full of spaces and/or ">>" signs, can I use
the "Replace with ..." feature sayign for example to replace ">" with the Del
button ? I mean automatically deleting all that matches ?

Thank you in advance

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you leave the "Replace with" box empty, this accomplishes what you want.

 

[Graham Mayor]

The stripmail utility linked from the downloads page of my web site will
take the donkey work out of reformatting such documents.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


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[Johnny]

Thx, I had already tried that before posting this message, but it
only leaves me with a lot of empty spaces, so it doesn't solve a thing

I'll try the application from www.gmayor.com. Thanks anyway for your
prompt response.

Anyway, I would still like to find out if I can use a special button
action for a Replace activity (like Enter, Backspace, Del, Tab).

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Did you accidentally hit the space bar while in the Replace... Box, perhaps?
Because Replacing with nothing acts as a delete for me. I fear you didn't
set it up correctly. If you are talking email quote marks ">" in my program
they are followed with a space, so you would need to find "> " and replace
with nothing.

You can Find & Replace paragraph marks (enters) and tab characters (as well
as many other things) by clicking More in the F&R dialog and using the
Special menu.

 

[Johnny]

Perhaps I did hit the Space button, I'm not very sure now. Thank you
anyway for your suggestion.

Thank you all for your prompt responses.