Microsoft KB Archive/197441

= WD97: "Find Whole Words Only" and "Match Case" Are Unavailable =

Article ID: 197441

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q197441





SYMPTOMS
The "Find Whole Words Only" and "Match Case" options are unavailable (dimmed) when you click to select Use Wildcards.



CAUSE
Selecting Use Wildcards actually has the effect of turning on these other options. When you type text in the Find What box and select Use Wildcards, Word matches the case of the typed words and finds only whole words.



WORKAROUND
You can override these implied options by using Advanced Search Criteria. For example, to search for a word that may appear in the document as "JONES", "Jones", or "jones", select the Use Wildcards check box, and type the following in the Find What box:

[Jj][Oo][Nn][Ee][Ss]

Including each uppercase and lowercase pair in brackets tells Word to search for either letter in that position.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

106622 Can't Choose "Find Whole Words Only" with More Than One Word

122758 WD: How to Search for Special Characters When Pattern Matching

