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2) Type the search text, including the wildcards, in the Search for
box and the replacement text (if any) in the Replace with box. Not
all regular expressions work as replacement characters; the line
break (\n) is one that does work.
3) Click Find, Find All, Replace, or Replace All (not
recommended).
Table 2. Examples of search wildcards (regular expressions)
To find
Use this
expression
Examples and comments
Any single
character
.
b.d finds bad , bud , bid , and bed .
Characters at the
beginning of a
paragraph
^chars ^term
Characters at the
end of a paragraph
chars$ term.$
One of the specified
characters
[xyz] b[iu]n finds bin and bun .
Any single
character in this
range
[x-y] [r-t]eed finds reed , seed , and teed ;
ranges must be in alphabetically
ascending order.
Any single
character except
the characters
inside the brackets
[^x] p[^a]st finds post and pest , but not
past.
The beginning of a
word
\<start \<log finds logbook and logistics , but
not catalog .
The end of a word end\> log\> finds catalog , but not logistics .
A paragraph marker $ Does not work as a replacement
character. Use \n instead.
An empty paragraph ^$
A tab character \t
A line break \n Finds a line break that was inserted
with Shift+Enter . When used as a
replacement character, it inserts a
paragraph marker.
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