WD97: Cannot Replace Character Formatting With Nothing in SR-2

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows, version Service Release 2

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2), you cannot search for character level formatting and replace the characters with nothing in that specific format.

In earlier versions of Word if you want to format text with the font color of red and then later delete all red text in your document, you could search for the font color red and leave the Replace With box empty, and the text would be deleted. In SR-2, the text does not get deleted and nothing happens.

RESOLUTION

First, you will need to replace the formatted text with a character that is not found in the document and then search for that character and leave the Replace With box empty.

For example, replace all text formatted with the font color red with an asterisk. Then search for the asterisk and leave the Replace With box empty to delete all the asterisks.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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Keywords : kbdta
Version : :Service Release 2
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Issue type : kbbug