finding a ' followed by a space followed by a capital?

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and - 01 Mar 2005 14:02 GMT

Hi, Does anyone know how one finds this sequence: "' " followed by a
capital in Word?

I want to replace it by the same sequence, but the space will be changed
for a placeholder (like ÿ).

So "' B" becomes "'ÿB".

Any ideas?

Best,
ANDy

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Greg - 01 Mar 2005 14:10 GMT

ANDy,

(') ([A-Z])

and Relpace with
\1ÿ\2

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and - 01 Mar 2005 14:20 GMT

Thanks a bunch, Greg.

-------- Original Message --------

> ANDy,
>
> (') ([A-Z])
>
> and Relpace with
> \1ÿ\2

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John Doue - 01 Mar 2005 16:08 GMT

> ANDy,
>
> (') ([A-Z])
>
> and Relpace with
> \1ÿ\2

I worry when I neither understand the question nor the answer ... :)

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Greg - 01 Mar 2005 16:34 GMT

John,

ANDy wanted to replace any instance of
apostrophe-space-CAP letter with
apostrophe-ÿ-CAP letter. Why I don't know.

Using Edit>Find and Replace>More>Use Wildcards.

( ) are the wildcard grouping symbols. [ ] are the wildcard range
symbols. In the find what field:
(') [A-Z]
means find any sequence containing a group of 1 ' and a single space
and a group of 1 capital letter that is in the range A-Z.

The replace with field:
\1ÿ\2
means replace with the content of group 1 the ÿ and the content of
group 2.

HTH

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John Doue - 02 Mar 2005 09:54 GMT

> John,
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>
> HTH

Greg, I am very thankful for your detailed explanations.

Thanks a million

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