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