Word 2003 Track Changes

[senthilkumar]

Dear All,

Herewith I have attached sample word document which containing the find text expression with replace text. The document also contains the sample input and output. Expecting your help.

Thanks,
Senthil. S :banghead:

[geekgirlau]

What have you attempted so far? Please post any existing code.

[macropod]

Hi Sentil,

Is there a reason you can't use:
Find - Figure ([0-9]{1,}.[0-9])
Replace - \1 figure
I realise it doesn't put the position the individual changes quite where you suggested ('Figure 10.1 10.1figure'), but the final effect is much the same ('Figure 10.1' replaced with '10.1 figure', as in '10.1 Figure 10.1figure').

[senthilkumar]

Dear Macropod,

Thanks for your reply. I want to use the find and replace statement in track change enabled document. While doing so, I am not getting the expected result.

Thanks,
Senthil. S

[macropod]

Hi Senthil,

Do you have 'use wildcards' checked?

[senthilkumar]

Hi Macropod,

Yes, I have checked the wildcards option.

Thanks,
Senthil. S

[senthilkumar]

Dear Macropod,

In my word doc, there are two parts. The first one is "Text before Find and Replace:" and the second is "Text after Find and Replace:". The first one is the input and second one is the result what we have got after doing the find and replace using the "Find Text Expression:" and "Replace Text Expression:". While doing the Find and Replace dont forget to on the wildcard option.

Thanks,
Senthil. S

[TonyJollans]

There is a bug using \n in Replace patterns in Word 2003 when Track Changes is enabled. There is no simple workaround if you want the changes tracked.

[senthilkumar]

Hi Tonyjollans,

Thanks for your reply. Is there anyother way to do the find and replace by enabling track change on?

Thanks,
Senthil.

[TonyJollans]

No, not really, sorry. What is the actual change you want to make?

[senthilkumar]

Dear Tony,

I want do some automation in word documents using word VBA. While doing so, I will disable the track change options before doing all my process. But, the user needs to want to do the automation with track change option enabled. So that the document will be easily reviewed for the changes.

Thanks,
Senthil. S

[TonyJollans]

If you're working in VBA it might be possible to build up the replacement string in code rather than relying on F&R patterns - it depends how complex it is

[macropod]

Hi folks,

My testing was with Word 2000, which apparently explains why F/R worked for me but not with Sentil's Word 2003 ...