Searching for exact number of spaces

[cc]

Hello,

Is there a way to search for an exact number of "regular" spaces. I want
Word to search for 6 spaces. These spaces were caused by blank form fields
that were unlinked. The problem that I'm having is that my document also
contains 15 and 30 hard spaces that are used to create a spot for
handwriting. The find and replace is removing the hard spaces that I want to
keep.

Thanks.

j

 

[Tony Jollans]

WIth "Use wildcards" specified, look for "[! ] [! ]" - without the
quotes, that's left (square) bracket, shriek, space, right (square) bracket,
space, space, space, space, space, space, left (square) bracket, shriek,
space, right (square) bracket - the sequence left (square) bracket, shriek,
space, right (square) bracket means 'not space'.