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daniils21
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Jul 02, 2023

using wildcards in word

Hello! I need to change decimal character from dot to comma in document in all the numbers. The expression i use for this FIND: ([0-9]{1;}). REPLACE: \1,  it works but in my mother tongue Latvian...
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Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP
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Jul 03, 2023

daniils21 For Find, use

FIND: ([0-9]{1;3}).

That will find from 1 to 3 numbers, but not 4 numbers, followed by a dot, but not 4 numbers.

 

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daniils21
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Jul 04, 2023

Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP 

Hi!

thanks for reply though your suggested expression replaces dots only in hyperlinks, but actual numbers remain with the dot 

 

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