Ragnar has some very good suggestions. 10 quick search and replaces might be the best bet. The MIF to Word to MIF round trip also works well. If you do that, search and replace in Word using these wildcards:
Find: ([0-9][0-9])([a-z][a-z]) Replace with: \1 \2 Note that there is an empty space between "\1" and "\2" Baruch Brodersen On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Ragnar Hanas <[email protected]>wrote: > You can do 10 quick searches: 1in, 2in, 3in etc, and then replace by 1 in, > 2 > in, 3 in. > I have done so on several occasions, and it doesn´t take much extra time > compared to one major search. > The other option would be to save as MIF, then open in Word. However, when > searching in Word as you describe, can you insert the space correctly and > proceed by just clicking "enter" or do you need to do it manually? > Ragnar Hanas > Uddevalla Hospital, Sweden > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: FrameMaker search > > > Hi, all. > > I need to correct the measurements, in inches, in which the space has been > omitted between the number and the unit. > > In other words: > > Height: 17in > Depth: 21in > Width: 10in > > Or: > > The unit is 17in deep. > > In Word, I could specify that a numerical value precedes the alpha > characters "in" and perform a search. > > In FrameMaker, is there a way to make a search that specific? > > As it is, I believe I have to search for every instance of "in," which > turns > up every word that contains the two letters "in" including, well, > **including**. > > It's rare that I long for Word, but this is one of those instances. I can > save the whole thing to RTF and do the search in Word, but I'd like to find > out first if Frame has the capability. > > --Nancy > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. > > Send list messages to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] > or visit > > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/ragnar.hanas%40betamed.s > e > > Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. > > Send list messages to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/baruch%40technitext.com > > Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n 0 5 4 9 4 9 9 3 6 1 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
