Word 365 problems using Find/Replace with different Style types assigned
My workplace recently installed some Office365 updates to our machines, it appears that something has changed in how the Find/Replace window handles specified Styles ("More" selected to show format, wildcards, etc.)
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Here is my current version:
Office365 ProPlus
Word Version 1808 Build 10730.20155 Click-to-Run
(Product ID 00202-51486-08803-AA468**
Since updates are controlled by IT, I do not know how to determine the previous version. The "About" box says WordforOffice365MSO (16.0.10730.20102) 32-bit.
update
IT found the history: previous Office version was 16.0.9126.2210
I set up the parameters as:
Find string
(/*)(*)(*/)
Set to "use wildcards" and Format/Style = Normal (a paragraph style)
Replace string
123
If I select a Paragraph Style to apply to the Replace, then replacement "works" but of course the Style is applied to the entire paragraph, which is NOT what I want.
In the past, I selected a CharacterStyle, and successfully applied a different color, font, etc to just the string of interest. However I now find that selecting a Character Style in the Replace parameters causes the Find/Replace box to fail to change the style.
As a test, I changed the Replace string to "/1/3/2" and the text was properly rearranged, so part of the operation is working. If I use the "Styles" dialog box I can apply the CharacterStyle to a selected string, so the Style itself seems OK.
The CharacterStyle I'm using is "based on " the builtin Character Style "Default Paragraph Font," which is currently in "invisible until used" state.
So, it appears that there's something going with "Replace" that doesn't allow converting text to a new Character-Style?
microsoft-word office365
asked Dec 10 at 12:47
Carl Witthoft
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My workplace recently installed some Office365 updates to our machines, it appears that something has changed in how the Find/Replace window handles specified Styles ("More" selected to show format, wildcards, etc.)
background
Here is my current version:
Office365 ProPlus
Word Version 1808 Build 10730.20155 Click-to-Run
(Product ID 00202-51486-08803-AA468**
Since updates are controlled by IT, I do not know how to determine the previous version. The "About" box says WordforOffice365MSO (16.0.10730.20102) 32-bit.
update
IT found the history: previous Office version was 16.0.9126.2210
I set up the parameters as:
Find string
(/*)(*)(*/)
Set to "use wildcards" and Format/Style = Normal (a paragraph style)
Replace string
123
If I select a Paragraph Style to apply to the Replace, then replacement "works" but of course the Style is applied to the entire paragraph, which is NOT what I want.
In the past, I selected a CharacterStyle, and successfully applied a different color, font, etc to just the string of interest. However I now find that selecting a Character Style in the Replace parameters causes the Find/Replace box to fail to change the style.
As a test, I changed the Replace string to "/1/3/2" and the text was properly rearranged, so part of the operation is working. If I use the "Styles" dialog box I can apply the CharacterStyle to a selected string, so the Style itself seems OK.
The CharacterStyle I'm using is "based on " the builtin Character Style "Default Paragraph Font," which is currently in "invisible until used" state.
So, it appears that there's something going with "Replace" that doesn't allow converting text to a new Character-Style?
microsoft-word office365
asked Dec 10 at 12:47
Carl Witthoft
348314
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My workplace recently installed some Office365 updates to our machines, it appears that something has changed in how the Find/Replace window handles specified Styles ("More" selected to show format, wildcards, etc.)
background
Here is my current version:
Office365 ProPlus
Word Version 1808 Build 10730.20155 Click-to-Run
(Product ID 00202-51486-08803-AA468**
Since updates are controlled by IT, I do not know how to determine the previous version. The "About" box says WordforOffice365MSO (16.0.10730.20102) 32-bit.
update
IT found the history: previous Office version was 16.0.9126.2210
I set up the parameters as:
Find string
(/*)(*)(*/)
Set to "use wildcards" and Format/Style = Normal (a paragraph style)
Replace string
123
If I select a Paragraph Style to apply to the Replace, then replacement "works" but of course the Style is applied to the entire paragraph, which is NOT what I want.
In the past, I selected a CharacterStyle, and successfully applied a different color, font, etc to just the string of interest. However I now find that selecting a Character Style in the Replace parameters causes the Find/Replace box to fail to change the style.
As a test, I changed the Replace string to "/1/3/2" and the text was properly rearranged, so part of the operation is working. If I use the "Styles" dialog box I can apply the CharacterStyle to a selected string, so the Style itself seems OK.
The CharacterStyle I'm using is "based on " the builtin Character Style "Default Paragraph Font," which is currently in "invisible until used" state.
So, it appears that there's something going with "Replace" that doesn't allow converting text to a new Character-Style?
microsoft-word office365
asked Dec 10 at 12:47
Carl Witthoft
348314
My workplace recently installed some Office365 updates to our machines, it appears that something has changed in how the Find/Replace window handles specified Styles ("More" selected to show format, wildcards, etc.)
background
Here is my current version:
Office365 ProPlus
Word Version 1808 Build 10730.20155 Click-to-Run
(Product ID 00202-51486-08803-AA468**
Since updates are controlled by IT, I do not know how to determine the previous version. The "About" box says WordforOffice365MSO (16.0.10730.20102) 32-bit.
update
IT found the history: previous Office version was 16.0.9126.2210
I set up the parameters as:
Find string
(/*)(*)(*/)
Set to "use wildcards" and Format/Style = Normal (a paragraph style)
Replace string
123
If I select a Paragraph Style to apply to the Replace, then replacement "works" but of course the Style is applied to the entire paragraph, which is NOT what I want.
In the past, I selected a CharacterStyle, and successfully applied a different color, font, etc to just the string of interest. However I now find that selecting a Character Style in the Replace parameters causes the Find/Replace box to fail to change the style.
As a test, I changed the Replace string to "/1/3/2" and the text was properly rearranged, so part of the operation is working. If I use the "Styles" dialog box I can apply the CharacterStyle to a selected string, so the Style itself seems OK.
The CharacterStyle I'm using is "based on " the builtin Character Style "Default Paragraph Font," which is currently in "invisible until used" state.
So, it appears that there's something going with "Replace" that doesn't allow converting text to a new Character-Style?
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asked Dec 10 at 12:47
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