Microsoft KB Archive/193883

= WD97: Cannot Replace Character Formatting With Nothing in SR-2 =

Article ID: 193883

Article Last Modified on 11/7/2002

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Service Pack 2

-



This article was previously published under Q193883



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2), you cannot search for character level formatting and replace the characters with nothing in that specific format.

In earlier versions of Word if you want to format text with the font color of red and then later delete all red text in your document, you could search for the font color red and leave the Replace With box empty, and the text would be deleted. In SR-2, the text does not get deleted and nothing happens.



RESOLUTION
First, you will need to replace the formatted text with a character that is not found in the document and then search for that character and leave the Replace With box empty.

For example, replace all text formatted with the font color red with an asterisk. Then search for the asterisk and leave the Replace With box empty to delete all the asterisks.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB193883

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.