[dba-Tech] Word Replace with wildcard

[Susan Harkins]

No, that replaces 3xx with 5?? -- interprets ? as a literal character, not a
wildcard. 

I saw a lot of examples online using ? but it never worked for me. 

Susan H. 


Does the ? serve as a wildcard? Would replace 3?? with 5?? work?

r

On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 6:16 AM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've run into an interesting find/replace question and I can do it 
> with two searches, but I believe it can be done in one. I should know 
> this, but for the life of me, I can't get it right. Hoping for a bit of
help.
>
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> Problem: Reader has a Word document with several three-digit numbers 
> beginning with 3. He wants to change the 3 to 5, leaving the other two 
> digits as is.
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> Thanks!
>
> Susan H.
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