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Gabber
Gabber

Reputation: 5472

Replace character with page break

In MS Word I need to string replace a pattern ($$$newpage) with a page break. Is this possible with standard page search? Or do I need to do it programmatically?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 18681

Answers (2)

raffaeleambrosio
raffaeleambrosio

Reputation: 235

I had same problem but my need is to replace Section Break "^b" with page break "^m". Find and replaxce doesn't work for me. I resolved using this VBA script:

Sub ReplaceSectionBreaks()
    'reliably replace section breaks with page breaks
    'even if they're followed by tables
    Dim rg As Range
    Set rg = ActiveDocument.Range
    With rg.Find
        .Text = "^b"
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        While .Execute
            rg.Delete
            rg.InsertBreak Type:=wdPageBreak
            rg.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
        Wend
    End With
End Sub

try to change "^b" with your pattern "$$$newpage", it should to work for you too.

Upvotes: 1

Nir Alfasi
Nir Alfasi

Reputation: 53535

go to "find and replace" and enter your "find" character and replace it with ^m
You can read more about it here

Upvotes: 11

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