How can I put one number 100 times in a document?

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Wim Verschaeve

I have a whole document with a lot of phone numbers (xx.xx.xx). But I want
to put before every phone number a zone number(056). So the result has to be
this: (056)xx.xx.xx. Can anyone help me with this?



Wim
 
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Doug Robbins

From the Edit menu, select Replace and then click on the More button and
check the "Use wildcards" box. Then in the "Find what:" control, enter:

([0-9]{2}.[0-90]{2}.[0-9]{2})

and in the "Replace with:" control, enter:

(056)\1

Then click on Replace All.

For an explanation, See the article "Finding and replacing characters using
wildcards" at:

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

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
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Graham Mayor

There's a typo in there Doug :) It should have read:
([0-9]{2}.[0-9]{2}.[0-9]{2})


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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


From the Edit menu, select Replace and then click on the More button
and check the "Use wildcards" box. Then in the "Find what:" control,
enter:
([0-9]{2}.[0-90]{2}.[0-9]{2})

and in the "Replace with:" control, enter:

(056)\1

Then click on Replace All.

For an explanation, See the article "Finding and replacing characters
using wildcards" at:

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


Doug Robbins - Word MVP
Wim Verschaeve said:
I have a whole document with a lot of phone numbers (xx.xx.xx). But
I want to put before every phone number a zone number(056). So the
result has to be this: (056)xx.xx.xx. Can anyone help me with this?



Wim
 
D

Doug Robbins

Which must not matter because the string that I posted was copied from the
Edit Replace dialog after using it to successfully add the required area
code.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
Graham Mayor said:
There's a typo in there Doug :) It should have read:
([0-9]{2}.[0-9]{2}.[0-9]{2})


--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


From the Edit menu, select Replace and then click on the More button
and check the "Use wildcards" box. Then in the "Find what:" control,
enter:
([0-9]{2}.[0-90]{2}.[0-9]{2})

and in the "Replace with:" control, enter:

(056)\1

Then click on Replace All.

For an explanation, See the article "Finding and replacing characters
using wildcards" at:

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


Doug Robbins - Word MVP
Wim Verschaeve said:
I have a whole document with a lot of phone numbers (xx.xx.xx). But
I want to put before every phone number a zone number(056). So the
result has to be this: (056)xx.xx.xx. Can anyone help me with this?



Wim
 

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