finding a ' followed by a space followed by a capital?

[and]

Hi, Does anyone know how one finds this sequence: "' " followed by a
capital in Word?

I want to replace it by the same sequence, but the space will be changed
for a placeholder (like ÿ).

So "' B" becomes "'ÿB".

Any ideas?

Best,
ANDy

 

[Greg]

ANDy,

(') ([A-Z])

and Relpace with
\1ÿ\2

 

[and]

Thanks a bunch, Greg.

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[John Doue]

ANDy,

(') ([A-Z])

and Relpace with
\1ÿ\2

I worry when I neither understand the question nor the answer ...

 

[Greg]

John,

ANDy wanted to replace any instance of
apostrophe-space-CAP letter with
apostrophe-ÿ-CAP letter. Why I don't know.

Using Edit>Find and Replace>More>Use Wildcards.

( ) are the wildcard grouping symbols. [ ] are the wildcard range
symbols. In the find what field:
(') [A-Z]
means find any sequence containing a group of 1 ' and a single space
and a group of 1 capital letter that is in the range A-Z.

The replace with field:
\1ÿ\2
means replace with the content of group 1 the ÿ and the content of
group 2.

HTH

 

[John Doue]

John,

ANDy wanted to replace any instance of
apostrophe-space-CAP letter with
apostrophe-ÿ-CAP letter. Why I don't know.

Using Edit>Find and Replace>More>Use Wildcards.

( ) are the wildcard grouping symbols. [ ] are the wildcard range
symbols. In the find what field:
(') [A-Z]
means find any sequence containing a group of 1 ' and a single space
and a group of 1 capital letter that is in the range A-Z.

The replace with field:
\1ÿ\2
means replace with the content of group 1 the ÿ and the content of
group 2.

HTH

Greg, I am very thankful for your detailed explanations.

Thanks a million