MS Word: How can I dynamically search text and Replace each wrapped result, wrapped with qualifiers?
First, I found this post that has helped me solve half my problem where I need to find text that is italicized and of a specific font size. This works perfectly for finding the text I need to updated.
However, what I'm now wanting to do is run a "Replace" operation, but instead of replacing all instances with a single value, I would like to wrap the text in square brackets.
My reason is because I have a word document that I'd like to do a bit of personal processing on after I convert it to an ASCII format. These italicized texts are sub-headings and I want to keep them but I need a way to discern what they are. Wrapping these sub-headings in qualifier text is what I need to do before copying all of the data into ASCII.
How can I do what's basically a relative word search-and-replace, wrapping each instance found with open and close qualifiers?
- Press Ctrl+H
- Find what:
(<*>). - Search options:
Use wildcard - Click Format -> Font -> Italic. Press OK.
- Replace with:
[\1] - Press "Replace All".
