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Large text which repeats more than 500 times in a document - how can I delete it?
Hi all,
I have a Word 365 document - 1170 pages, where I have one and the same text repeating more than 500 times. This repetitive text contains several paragraphs and a table and I want to remove it from all its instances. Is there any way to remove it quickly? I am not a word advanced user and cannot use macros.
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Use a copy of your document.
- Select the first instance of the part you want to delete.
- Press Ctrl+H to call up the replace dialog
- Leave the Replace With box empty
- Click on the Replace All button.
Word will report how many instances it found (and deleted). If all instances were duplicates, it should work.
Should you need to put multiple instances of the same thing in a document in the future, see:
