Find/replace double cap letters

[Ann]

My document lists names by 1st initial of first name and
full last name (JSmith). I want to insert a space between
the 2 cap letters. Is there a find/replace way of doing
this?

Thanks
Ann

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Bonjour,

Dans son message, < Ann > écrivait :
In this message, < Ann > wrote:

|| My document lists names by 1st initial of first name and
|| full last name (JSmith). I want to insert a space between
|| the 2 cap letters. Is there a find/replace way of doing
|| this?
||

In the Find/Replace dialog, check "Generic characters".

Then, in the Find what box, type:
([A-Z])([A-Z])
and in the Replace with box, type:
\1 \2
(Do not forget the space between the \1 and the \2!)
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[Helmut Weber]

Hi Ann,
try this, with matchwildscards on
search for
<([A-Z]{1})([A-Z]{1}[a-z]{1,})>
where "," is the listseperator for English
which would be ";" in German, Dutch
(and a user named Nora from Libanon reported
her listseperator was ";", too)
replace with
\1 \2
Note that there is a space in the above line between \1 and \2.
The search is for 1 capital letter followed by 1 capital letter
followed by 1 or more letters, that are not capitals,
where the first letter is expression \1 and the rest is
expression \2.
\1 gets replaced by itself, then a space is added,
then \2 gets replaced by itself.

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi Jean-Guy,
Hi Ann,
acknowledged, "{1}" is of no use, (always learning)
whereas

Then, in the Find what box, type:
([A-Z])([A-Z])
and in the Replace with box, type:
\1 \2

would change "Word MVP" to "Word M VP".
And I think, Ann might not have considered
cases like "HGWells" or "EGRobinson".
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[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Bonjour,

Dans son message, < Helmut Weber > écrivait :
In this message, < Helmut Weber > wrote:

|| Hi Jean-Guy,
|| Hi Ann,
|| acknowledged, "{1}" is of no use, (always learning)
|| whereas
||| Then, in the Find what box, type:
||| ([A-Z])([A-Z])
||| and in the Replace with box, type:
||| \1 \2
|| would change "Word MVP" to "Word M VP".
|| And I think, Ann might not have considered
|| cases like "HGWells" or "EGRobinson".

Very true! Always thinking ahead of the pack, as usual!

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