WD97: Find/Replace with Wildcard Finds All Punctuation

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use wildcards to find punctuation at the end of a word, Word finds every instance of that punctuation.

WORKAROUND

Method 1: Finding Punctuation at the End of a Word or Number

1. On the Edit menu, click Find or Replace.
   
   NOTE: If you see More, click it.



2. Select the Use Wildcards check box.



3. Click No Formatting, if available; otherwise, go to step 4.



4. Click Special and choose "End of Word >" (without the quotation marks).



5. In the Find What box, after the > type the punctuation you want to find and press the spacebar. The Find What box should now resemble the following:




>:space

6. Click Find Next.

Method 2: Finding Punctuation That Separates Words or Numbers

1. On the Edit menu, click Find or Replace.
   
   NOTE: If you see More, click it.



2. Select the Use Wildcards check box.



3. Click No Formatting, if available; otherwise, go to step 4.



4. Click Special and choose "End of Word >."



5. In the Find What box, after the > type in the punctuation being searched for. Then click Special again, and select "Beginning of Word <". The Find What box should now resemble the following:




>:<

6. Click Find Next.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the find and replace function, click the Office Assistant, type "find and replace", click Search, and then click "Find and replace".

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

Q157461 WD: Find/Replace <End Of Word> Malfunctions with Punctuation

Additional query words: editfind editreplace

Keywords : word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug