WD97: "Find Whole Words Only" and "Match Case" Are Unavailable

ID: Q197441

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

The "Find Whole Words Only" and "Match Case" options are unavailable (dimmed) when you click to select Use Wildcards.

CAUSE

Selecting Use Wildcards actually has the effect of turning on these other options. When you type text in the Find What box and select Use Wildcards, Word matches the case of the typed words and finds only whole words.

WORKAROUND

You can override these implied options by using Advanced Search Criteria. For example, to search for a word that may appear in the document as "JONES", "Jones", or "jones", select the Use Wildcards check box, and type the following in the Find What box:

[Jj][Oo][Nn][Ee][Ss]

Including each uppercase and lowercase pair in brackets tells Word to search for either letter in that position.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q106622 Can't Choose "Find Whole Words Only" with More Than One Word

Q122758 WD: How to Search for Special Characters When Pattern Matching

REFERENCES

For more information about Find and Replace, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Word Help, type the following text

find

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Find and Replace" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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Keywords : kbdta word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb