Hi Lori, I am wondering the same thing. The book I am working on has dashes, (double hyphens) around page numbers and it is tedious getting rid of the dashes by hand. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori" <lori@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 2:39 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] tricks for find and replace Hi all, I just discovered that a book has parenthesis around each page number. I'm thinking I probably need to eliminate them. I know I could do this by hand, but I'm wondering if find and replace can be exercised. For instance, can you use wildcards? I'd like to perform a find and replace for (*) (**) and (***) to make sure I get all of the page numbers. Of course, the * would be the digit. Anyone ever done this? Lori To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.123/2595 - Release Date: 12/31/09 02:52:00 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.