Find & Replace With Highlight & Wilcards

[Susanto3311]

hi all..

how to use Find & Replace with wildcards..
i want to find & replace data with criteria like this:
1. my data into table. the data contains text and number;
2. before replace it, the text/number selected (drag/block manually);
3. to Replace, i use Highlight Format..

here attachment picture
how to solve this my problem
anyone help, thanks in advance

susant

[HansV]

* stands for any number of characters, so *** is equivalent to *.
Perhaps you want to use ???
? stands for one character.

[Susanto3311]

hi hans..
for word "Tidak" and "0" ----not work

[HansV]

Please explain what you want to do.

[Susanto3311]

i want to replace word selected /highlighted like my attachment :
word [Yes, 100, Tidak, 0] with 999..
that just sample.

[StuartR]

This seems to do what you want...

[HansV]

Try <*> in the 'Find what' box.

[Charles Kenyon]

Resources:
- https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN ... heckbookA/
- https://intelligentediting.com/blog/fre ... r-ms-word/
- http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm
- http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm
- https://www.msofficeforums.com/word/

[Susanto3311]

hi Hans & StuartR, thank you so much!! It's helped to me.