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[Martin ©¿©¬]

Hi
using 2007
I'm using the search function for the word mins (short for minutes)
through a 160 page booklet to put a period after it.

When I find an entry that needs editing & fix it or paste a
correction, then click to find the next entry, the search window keeps
returning to the first page and I can't finish making corrections

I know there are more errors to fix as a manual search finds them

Anyone know how to make the search function continue on after I have
made a correction please?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Try editing the story in Word.

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[Mary Sauer]

Martin, I cannot duplicate your problem. I have a large multi-page publication,
I pasted mins on each page. I used Find and Replace without issue. Are you
typing mins in find and mins. in replace?

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[Martin ©¿©¬]

Martin, I cannot duplicate your problem. I have a large multi-page publication,
I pasted mins on each page. I used Find and Replace without issue. Are you
typing mins in find and mins. in replace?

Mary
I wasn't using find and replace as there were several mins that
already had a period after them

What I was doing was using find (mins), and when it came across a mins
without a period, I then inserted a period.
When I then clicked on the 'next' button to find more mins, the
search kept returning me to the first page of the booklet with a mins.

I did a search and replace to remove all the periods after mins
THEN a search and replace to put the periods back after mins again
Both exercises went correctly.

I had thought of leaving the period off, but some mins are at the end
of a sentence.
Can Publisher find a word that occurs at a sentence end?

 

[Martin ©¿©¬]

Martin, I cannot duplicate your problem. I have a large multi-page publication,
I pasted mins on each page. I used Find and Replace without issue. Are you
typing mins in find and mins. in replace?

Mary
I wasn't using find and replace as there were several mins that
already had a period after them

What I was doing was using find (mins), and when it came across a mins
without a period, I then inserted a period.
When I then clicked on the 'next' button to find more mins, the
search kept returning me to the first page of the booklet with a mins.

I did a search and replace to remove all the periods after mins
THEN a search and replace to put the periods back after mins again
Both exercises went correctly.

I had thought of leaving the period off, but some mins are at the end
of a sentence.
Can Publisher find a word that occurs at a sentence end?

 

[bjm]

Do a find & replace:

find: mins
replace with: mins.

at each instance, choose (click on button for) either replace or find-next,
which will then have you paging through the document (still in the
find/replace box) finding each "mins" & replacing only the ones you click
"replace" rather than "find next" with "mins."

If it's a long document with a lot of "mins" or "mins." it could get
tedious. You could try searching for "mins " (mins with a space after) to
avoid all the "mins." (mins with a period after).

I can't seem to find a way to do this for just one story, though. I tried
control-a to highlight the story but it still starts the search on page 1.
bj

 

[Mary Sauer]

Sure it can. I have a Baptism program I created for an Episcopal service that
has tons of Amens. Each of the Amens has a period after it. Find found them all.
Find also found Sacrament. It has amen in the word. If I check Match case Find
doesn't find Sacrament.

 

[Martin ©¿©¬]

Thank you very much bj
This eventually got my head around the problem
Each sentance ends with 2 spaces
So find mins+space+space
Replace with mins.+space+space did the job. Hip Hip Hip!!

I would have been sitting here til Christmas trying to figure that out
without your help.
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Regards
Martin
©¿©¬

Do a find & replace:

find: mins
replace with: mins.

at each instance, choose (click on button for) either replace or find-next,
which will then have you paging through the document (still in the
find/replace box) finding each "mins" & replacing only the ones you click
"replace" rather than "find next" with "mins."

If it's a long document with a lot of "mins" or "mins." it could get
tedious. You could try searching for "mins " (mins with a space after) to
avoid all the "mins." (mins with a period after).

I can't seem to find a way to do this for just one story, though. I tried
control-a to highlight the story but it still starts the search on page 1.
bj

 

[Martin ©¿©¬]

Sure it can. I have a Baptism program I created for an Episcopal service that
has tons of Amens. Each of the Amens has a period after it. Find found them all.
Find also found Sacrament. It has amen in the word. If I check Match case Find
doesn't find Sacrament.

Thank you again for your help Mary

 

[Martin ©¿©¬]

Thank you very much bj
This eventually got my head around the problem
Each sentance ends with 2 spaces
So find mins+space+space
Replace with mins.+space+space did the job. Hip Hip Hip!!

I would have been sitting here til Christmas trying to figure that out
without your help.
--
Regards
Martin
©¿©¬

Do a find & replace:

find: mins
replace with: mins.

at each instance, choose (click on button for) either replace or find-next,
which will then have you paging through the document (still in the
find/replace box) finding each "mins" & replacing only the ones you click
"replace" rather than "find next" with "mins."

If it's a long document with a lot of "mins" or "mins." it could get
tedious. You could try searching for "mins " (mins with a space after) to
avoid all the "mins." (mins with a period after).

I can't seem to find a way to do this for just one story, though. I tried
control-a to highlight the story but it still starts the search on page 1.
bj

 

[bj]

You're welcome.
I've been where you are, glad I could help a fellow sufferer!

BTW, I do recommend doing these mass find/replaces one at a time for the
first few instances before choosing 'replace all' just to make sure it
really is doing just what you want & no unintended side-effects, which you
can at least catch *early* & try again. BTDT. (thank goodness for the undo
button...)
bj

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Thank you very much bj
This eventually got my head around the problem
Each sentance ends with 2 spaces
So find mins+space+space
Replace with mins.+space+space did the job. Hip Hip Hip!!

I would have been sitting here til Christmas trying to figure that out
without your help.