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From: GFX@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: MS Word: FIND in footnotes
Message-ID: <90211.155003GFX@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 30 Jul 90 19:50:03 GMT
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In article <1990Jul30.171347.937@athena.mit.edu>, bowler@athena.mit.edu (albert
smith) says:
>
>In article <46175@brunix.UUCP> man@vali.cs.brown.edu (Mark H. Nodine) writes:
>>In article <90210.222529GFX@psuvm.psu.edu>, GFX@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>|>Is there a way to perform a global search/replace that would include
>>|>footnotes?
>>
>>The easiest thing is probably to save the file in interchange (RTF)
>>format, open it (saying "No" to the "Interpret RTF" dialog box), do the
>>search/replace, save it again, and open it (saying "Yes" to the
>>"Interpret RTF" dialog box).

   Would work, but takes more time than performing 2 searches (body of text
   and then footnote window)


>I am not sure that this works but I will say it anyway.  (I can't check
>right now.)  If you look at the document in page view can't the global
>find be done easily.

  Good idea... but FIND skips the footnote :(

  Oh, well, it's no big deal...


Stephane