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Find/Replace Issues - Word 2007
Phil 12/8/2008 11:24:01 AM
Hello

I have a 71,000 page manuscript. My find/replace function does not finish.
I run Word 2007. The document is not image-laden nor is it very large. I
have to hit escape, lest it keep going.

In Word 2003, I am able to successfully find and replace; it doesn't hang.

Is this another "undocumented feature" of Word 2007?

Thanks.
Re: Find/Replace Issues - Word 2007
"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 12/8/2008 2:44:47 PM
Phil wrote:
[Quoted Text]
> Hello
>
> I have a 71,000 page manuscript. My find/replace function does not
> finish. I run Word 2007. The document is not image-laden nor is it
> very large. I have to hit escape, lest it keep going.
>
> In Word 2003, I am able to successfully find and replace; it doesn't
> hang.
>
> Is this another "undocumented feature" of Word 2007?
>
> Thanks.

Are you searching/replacing paragraph marks? If so, there's a known bug in
Word 2007 (yeah, I guess you could call it an "undocumented feature" <g>).
See if the hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955587/en-us?FR=1 helps.

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RE: Find/Replace Issues - Word 2007
Phil 12/8/2008 3:05:01 PM
No, it's not for ^p. It's really for anything.
RE: Find/Replace Issues - Word 2007
Phil 12/8/2008 3:25:18 PM
That hotfix worked! My index removal trick from Ms. Barnhill also works.

Cool. Thanks.
Re: Find/Replace Issues - Word 2007
"Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" <bens[ at ]bogusaddress.mvp> 12/8/2008 5:30:52 PM
I'm glad you got the problem solved but...did you really mean to say
71,000 PAGES? I mean you right, that's not very large...it's COLLOSSAL!
;-)

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"Phil" <Phil[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:56FD4648-6EA2-4B8F-A0BD-3E3EEB29A6FD[ at ]microsoft.com:

[Quoted Text]
> Hello
>
> I have a 71,000 page manuscript. My find/replace function does not finish.
> I run Word 2007. The document is not image-laden nor is it very large. I
> have to hit escape, lest it keep going.
>
> In Word 2003, I am able to successfully find and replace; it doesn't hang.
>
> Is this another "undocumented feature" of Word 2007?
>
> Thanks.

RE: Find/Replace Issues - Word 2007
Phil 12/8/2008 5:38:03 PM
No, pages.

Of course, it's one word/page.

:)

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