Find a replace a string in MS Word

[tedbartly]

Hi

just wondering if you can help, I am try to work with large files in MS Word doing a find and replace, is there any way I can get the 'tdk no' on each line and for it to change when it finds a new one (ehg goes from tdk123, to
tdk134 etc).

example of problem and whats required below

The id is a fixed lenght of 6 characters.


Problem
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tdk123

home,true,false,100,1222
home,true,false,100,1222
home,true,false,100,1222
home,true,false,100,1222


tdk134

home,true,false,100,1222
home,true,false,100,1222
home,true,false,100,1222
home,true,false,100,1222
home,true,false,100,1222



What the result should be

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tdk123,home,true,false,100,1222
tdk123,home,true,false,100,1222
tdk123,home,true,false,100,1222
tdk123,home,true,false,100,1222


tdk134,home,true,false,100,1222
tdk134,home,true,false,100,1222
tdk134,home,true,false,100,1222
tdk134,home,true,false,100,1222
tdk134,home,true,false,100,1222

 

[RickSpr]

Are you trying to do this from within Microsoft Access?

If so, are you using the Word.Application object model?

If not, you would have better success posting this in the Microsoft Office forum. Rick Sprague