How can I remove all "Bold" commands from a document? "Bert Coules" <mail[ at ]bertcoules.co.uk> 10/22/2008 12:56:37 PM I hate to post what I'm afraid is a very basic question indeed, but for some reason I can't find the answer. How do I strip out all "bold" commands from a document but leave the text unchanged? My experiments with Find and Replace have so far always affected the text, usually by removing some emboldened words altogether. I'm using MS Word 2000. Many thanks in advance for any assistance or pointers to the information. Bert Coules

Re: How can I remove all "Bold" commands from a document? "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 10/22/2008 1:18:34 PM With the replace function and the cursor in the EMPTY find box type CTRL+B under the box you will see 'font bold' With the cursor in the EMPTY replace with box type CTRL+B CTRL+B which will add 'font not bold' under the box. Replace all. -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Bert Coules wrote: [Quoted Text] > I hate to post what I'm afraid is a very basic question indeed, but > for some reason I can't find the answer. > > How do I strip out all "bold" commands from a document but leave the > text unchanged? > > My experiments with Find and Replace have so far always affected the > text, usually by removing some emboldened words altogether. > > I'm using MS Word 2000. Many thanks in advance for any assistance or > pointers to the information. > > Bert Coules

Re: How can I remove all "Bold" commands from a document? "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 10/22/2008 1:19:35 PM Open the Find/Replace dialog and click on the MORE button. Click in the Find box and then select Format>Font (at the bottom of the dialog) and check BOLD under Font Style. Click in the Replace box and again select Format, Font and select Regular under Font Style. Written under the Find box it should now say "Font: Bold" and under Replace it should say "Font: Not Bold, Not Italic". Click ReplaceAll. It should now quickly zip through the document remove the bold attribute. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "Bert Coules" <mail[ at ]bertcoules.co.uk> wrote in message news:sv2dnRLFo-Rnv2LVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d[ at ]posted.plusnet... [Quoted Text] >I hate to post what I'm afraid is a very basic question indeed, but for >some reason I can't find the answer. > > How do I strip out all "bold" commands from a document but leave the text > unchanged? > > My experiments with Find and Replace have so far always affected the text, > usually by removing some emboldened words altogether. > > I'm using MS Word 2000. Many thanks in advance for any assistance or > pointers to the information. > > Bert Coules > > >

Re: How can I remove all "Bold" commands from a document? "Bert Coules" <mail[ at ]bertcoules.co.uk> 10/22/2008 2:10:50 PM Many thanks Graham and Terry. It's clear that where I was going wrong was in not putting anything in the Replace box. Logically, I thought I could just replace "Bold" with nothing and get the result I wanted, but logic - or at least my version of it - obviously doesn't apply in this case. Bert

Re: How can I remove all "Bold" commands from a document? "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 10/22/2008 5:00:43 PM No Word doesn't do logic! Terry "Bert Coules" <mail[ at ]bertcoules.co.uk> wrote in message news:X6ydnSiQ8unCqWLVnZ2dnUVZ8t7inZ2d[ at ]posted.plusnet... [Quoted Text] > Many thanks Graham and Terry. It's clear that where I was going wrong was > in not putting anything in the Replace box. Logically, I thought I could > just replace "Bold" with nothing and get the result I wanted, but logic - > or at least my version of it - obviously doesn't apply in this case. > > Bert >

Re: How can I remove all "Bold" commands from a document? "Bert Coules" <mail[ at ]bertcoules.co.uk> 10/22/2008 7:02:33 PM Terry Farrell wrote: [Quoted Text] > No Word doesn't do logic! I think I'll print that off and stick it to my monitor. It'll make me feel better when I can't get things to work the way I think they should... Thanks again to everyone for the help. I've now run up against another this-should-be-simple problem: if I can't solve it myself, I'll post it here under a new heading. Bert