Article ID: 106615
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q106615
SYMPTOMS
The "Find Whole Words Only" and "Match Case" options are unavailable (dimmed) when you click to select Use Wildcards (Use Pattern Matching).
CAUSE
Selecting Use Wildcards (Use Pattern Matching) actually has the effect of turning on these other options. When you type text in the Find What box and select Use Wildcards (Use Pattern Matching), 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 (Use Pattern Matching) 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
REFERENCES
For more information about Find and Replace, please see the appropriate reference for your version of Word.
Word 95 (7.0)
Click Answer Wizard on the Help menu. Type in "Pattern Matching", and click Search. Click to select the "Find and replace text using complex criteria" topic, and then click Display.
Word 6.0
\Click "Search for help on" on the Help menu. Type in "Pattern Matching", and click Display. Click to select the "Advanced search criteria" topic, and then click Display.
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