eliminating text from a document

[optionski]

I have a word doc that I want to search through and eliminate text if a
certain string (the double underscore) is found.

The document may look like this:
Some of , __ happiness , 14456 time , __ health , __ intelligence , 2x
cigarettes , __ growth , 44 height

The double underscore is the key to the text I want to eliminate. I want to
eliminate any text between the commas that contains a double underscore.

So the above document is modified to look like this:
Some of , 14456 time , 2x cigarettes , 44 height

Easy?? I hope.

Thanks so much, Rick

 

[Jezebel]

Bit hard to comment, since the 'double underscore' doesn't show up in your
post: is it meant to be a character or a bit of formatting?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You can do that using Edit>Replace. With the "Use wildcards" box checked,
enter

, __ [A-z]{1,}

in the "Find what:" control and leave the "Replace with;" control empty.

For and explanation of the find string, see the article "Finding and
replacing characters using wildcards" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm


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[optionski]

Bit hard to comment, since the 'double underscore' doesn't show up in your
post: is it meant to be a character or a bit of formatting?

The double underscore is "two underscores" . It is NOT formatting.
It (the two underscores) is the text (characters) that I am using to help me
identify what pieces of text need to be eliminated from the document.
Rick

 

[Jezebel]

"double underscore" usually means underscoring with a double line.

 

[optionski]

"double underscore" usually means underscoring with a double line.

Sorry for the confusion I created.
Rick