Article ID: 197441
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
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:
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, click Contents And Index
on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Word Help, type the
following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Find and Replace"
topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office
Assistant.
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