Thank you! That's perfect! Judy Bragg Technical Writer HYPACK, Inc. 860-635-1500
On 6/4/2013 8:39 AM, Fred Ridder wrote: > You've already got everything you need in the standard Find/Change. > Here are the steps: > 1) Define a new variable. > 2) Manually insert it once into the document > 3) Select the instance of the variable you just inserted, and then copy it > 4) In the Find/Change dialog set up the find criteria, and in the > Change box choose "By pasting" > 5) Run the Find/Change > > -Fred Ridder > > > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:15:02 -0400 > > From: judy at hypack.com > > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > > Subject: Search and replace with variables > > > > I'm wondering if there's a tool out there that will do a search and > > replace where the replacement is a variable rather than alternate text. > > I have a 1500 page manual where no variables were used. I'd like to > > implement them, but it's painful to think about doing it by manually. > > > > Any ideas would be most welcome. > > > > -- > > > > Judy Bragg > > Technical Writer > > HYPACK, Inc. > > 860-635-1500 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as DocuDoc at hotmail.com. > > > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.com > > > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130604/33a8c714/attachment.html>
