How do I change any character after a colon to a capital letter

T

Trish

I would like to know if I can do a find and replace that I could tell Word to
change whatever character is after my colon to a capital letter. Is this
possible?
 
T

Trish

Thank you, Suzanne. I thought maybe there was a wildcard key that I could
use. I guess that means that I cannot make a macro that tells word that each
time it sees a colon in a specific style, to make the next letter a
capital??? (I know, I'm beginning to sound desparate...)
 
A

Al

I would like to know if I can do a find and replace that I could tell
Word to change whatever character is after my colon to a capital
letter. Is this possible?

Yes. Do: "Find :^$ Highlight all items found" The do Format|Change
case|Upper
 
G

Graham Mayor

Or replace
:[a-z]
with
^& format font > all caps
Note that if you use a space after the colon, this will not appear to do
anything - you must insert the space in the search string.
See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


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T

Trish

Thank you so very much for all your help. You've saved me a lot of time
editing a very big document.

v/r
Trish

Graham Mayor said:
Or replace
:[a-z]
with
^& format font > all caps
Note that if you use a space after the colon, this will not appear to do
anything - you must insert the space in the search string.
See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


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Yes. Do: "Find :^$ Highlight all items found" The do Format|Change
case|Upper
 

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