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Section Breaks in Word
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EDIT -> REPLACE (or CTRL H).
Then for "Find What", click on the "Special" button at the bottom that dialogue box. You can specify what you want to look for.
Move to the "Replace With", click on the "Special" button again, if wehat you want to replace the section breaks with appear in that "Special" list, or specify something your self.
Click on "Find Next", "Replace" or "Replace All"
Then for "Find What", click on the "Special" button at the bottom that dialogue box. You can specify what you want to look for.
Move to the "Replace With", click on the "Special" button again, if wehat you want to replace the section breaks with appear in that "Special" list, or specify something your self.
Click on "Find Next", "Replace" or "Replace All"
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Yes I can see the section breaks and delete them manually. The find next command actually finds them and allows me to delete them but the replace all command tells me 0 replacements have been made.
And no, the document is not read only. Anyway thanks for the try.
And no, the document is not read only. Anyway thanks for the try.
Can't think of why it doesn not let you replace. It has to be something obvious. Let me think about it, in the mean time, others may come up with something.
In the mean time, take a look at:
It might give you some ideas.
In the mean time, take a look at:
It might give you some ideas.
WHAT are you replacing the section breaks with? Perhaps that is where the problems lie. Brainbench MVP for Microsoft Word
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The document itself may be screwed up. Try running Word with the /a switch (which does not load any add-ins and does not use the normal.dot), and see if you can replace the section breaks.
If that does not work, try saving the document as something else (.rtf for example), open the newly saved file, and then resave the new file to Word format. Then try and replace the breaks.
If that doesn't work, then copy the entire Word document apart from the last paragraph mark to a blank document, and try the replace again.
If that doesn't work, then forget the document, leave work early and have a few beers. You'll need 'em!
If that does not work, try saving the document as something else (.rtf for example), open the newly saved file, and then resave the new file to Word format. Then try and replace the breaks.
If that doesn't work, then copy the entire Word document apart from the last paragraph mark to a blank document, and try the replace again.
If that doesn't work, then forget the document, leave work early and have a few beers. You'll need 'em!
I'd like to see this document that won't replace section breaks. I'm sure I could then give you a fix. Brainbench MVP for Microsoft Word
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