Wildcard Cookbook for Microsoft Word

Book excerpt: Microsoft Word's advanced search features are extremely powerful, but they're also virtually undocumented; most explanations of their use have been limited to a simple table of wildcards. This book explains in detail how you can use these powerful tools to blaze through repetitive problems that would take hours to correct by hand. It covers all aspects of finding and replacing in Microsoft Word and provides includes numerous examples using real-world documents. Jack Lyon writes, "Although I write and sell Microsoft Word macros for a living, the tools I depend on most are the advanced features of Word's find and replace. Learning to use these tools takes time and effort, but the payoff is huge. I hope this book will help you understand how powerful Word's advanced search features can be."