Cannot Use Tab Alignment as Edit Find or Replace Criteria
ID: Q86857
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
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Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.1
SUMMARY
In Microsoft Word for Windows, you cannot use tab alignment as find or
replace criteria (search or replace criteria in version 1.x of Word
for Windows). As a result, you cannot find or modify tab alignment
using the Edit Find (Edit Search in 1.x) or Edit Replace commands.
This article describes steps you can use to find and replace tab
alignment (right, left, decimal, and center) by saving your Word for
Windows document in RTF file format, opening the RTF file in Text Only
format, and modifying the RTF tab alignment codes.
MORE INFORMATION
Be sure to create a backup copy of your file before using the steps
below. Use the following steps to find and replace tab alignment in
your Word for Windows document:
- Open the document containing the tab alignment you want to change.
From the File menu, choose Save As. Type a new filename. In the Save
File As Type box, select Rich Text Format (*.rtf), then choose the OK
button.
- From the File menu, choose Open. Select the file you saved in step
1, and choose the OK button. In the Convert File dialog box, select
Text Only, then choose the OK button.
- From the Edit menu, choose Replace. Use the following RTF tab
alignment codes in the Find What and Replace With boxes:
\tqr = Right-justified tab
\tqc = Center tab
\tqdec = Decimal tab
NUL = Left-justified (default, no RTF code)
- From the File menu, choose Save. From the File menu, choose Close.
- Reopen the file closed in step 4. In the Convert File dialog box,
select Rich Text Format (RTF), and choose the OK button. The new tab
alignment should appear in the file.
- When you close the file, you are prompted to overwrite the RTF file
format with Word for Windows format. Choose the Yes button.
The following example replaces all decimal tabs with right-justified
tabs:
Find "\tqdec" (Decimal tab)
Replace with "\tqr" (Right-justified tab)
How to Replace Left-Justified Tabs with Another Alignment Format
Left-justified tabs are the default format; there is no RTF code you
can use in the Find What box. Therefore, you must use the following
additional steps to replace left-justified tabs with another alignment
format:
- Follow steps 1-2 above.
- From the Edit menu, choose Replace, and follow steps a-g below. Be
sure to complete these steps in order so that you maintain other
alignment formatting. Do NOT type the quotation marks in the steps
below.
Warning: Do NOT use the following steps if your document contains tabs
with leader formatting. For information on removing tab leader
formatting from your document, query on the following words in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
leader and tabs and criteria and find and replace and winword
- In the Find What box, type \tqr\tx. In the Replace With box, type
RIGHT_TAB. (Skip this step if there are no right-aligned tabs in
your document.)
- In the Find What box, type \tqc\tx. In the Replace With box, type
HYPH_TAB. (Skip this step if there are no center-aligned tabs in
your document.)
- In the Find What box, type \tqdec\tx. In the Replace With box,
type DECIMAL_TAB. (Skip this step if there are no decimal-aligned
tabs in your document.)
- In the Find What box, type \tx. In the Replace With box, type
<Desired RTF tab alignment code>\tx. Use the following RTF tab
alignment codes in the Replace With box:
\tqr = Right justified tab
\tqc = Center tab
\tqdec = Decimal tab
For example, if you type \tqr\tx in the Replace With box, you
replace all left-aligned tabs with right-aligned tabs.
- In the Find What box, type RIGHT_TAB. In the Replace With box,
type \tqr\tx. (Skip this step if you skipped step a.)
- In the Find What box, type CENTER_TAB. In the Replace With box,
type \tqc\tx. (Skip this step if you skipped step b.)
- In the Find What box, type DECIMAL_TAB. In the Replace With box,
type \tqdec\tx. (Skip this step if you skipped step c.)
- Follow steps 4-6 above.
For more information on the RTF file format, query on the following
words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
RTF and specification and appnote and obtain and available
Additional query words:
6.0 1.0 1.10a 2.0 word6 winword2 editreplace editfind editsearch
Keywords : kbformat
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a,2.0,2.0a,2.0a-CD,2.0b,2.0c,3.0,3.1,6.0,6.0a,6.0c
Platform : WINDOWS
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