Adding full stops/periods issue

[Danny boy]

Hi everyone,

I have written a large book in Word (over 100,000 words) but have foolishly
forgotten to add full-stops/periods to the end of some of my sentences and
paragraphs. I need some advice/guidance on whether I can automate this
process in Word. I need to add full-stops/periods according to the following
criteria:
1. Add a full stop if there isn’t one already there
2. Don’t add a full stop if the final character of the sentence/paragraph is
a speech mark ( ’ )

Is there anyway this can be done?

Thanks, Danny.

 

[Tony Jollans]

Is there anyway this can be done?

Not based on what you have told us here.

End of paragraph can be identified and treated according to the rules
(search for not-quote-or-full-stop followed by end of paragraph), but what
distinguishing criteria does end-of-sentence have, except the full stop? It
might be possible to look for upper case letters but they can be used in
many situations.