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Sun 10 Dec, 2006 05:57 am
I'm an editor, and I'm editing a manuscript that has a symbol I want to delete. I entered the symbol under "find", but then I couldn't figure out what to click on to get the symbol deleted.
I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. I'm also using an editing template provided by the publisher. However, the template doesn't seem connected to the find and replace.
Should someone try responding to this, please respond as if you are talking to a complete idiot--write slow and don't use technical terms.
Thanks.
'Boita, on any version of Microsoft Word you should have at the top of your toolbar (top of the page) such words as 'edit'. 'format' etc. etc. What you do is highlight the offending word, phrase or -- in your case -- symbol by clicking on it and dragging the mouse across it while holding the clicker down. Once it's highlighted, click on edit. You'll see a drop-down menu of options. One of these will be 'delete.' Click on it. Poof!
In case this advice is all wrong (but I doubt it), someone else, I'm sure, will immediately correct me.
Andy, That's gonna make all the symbols in the chapter disappear?
I'm gonna print out your instructions.
I'll give it a try. If something explodes, it's on your head. If it works, thanks a bunch.
Also, thanks for writing slow and talking to me like I'm an idiot. I appreciate it.
I'm afraid I misunderstood, Roberta. No, it won't make all the symbols in the chapter disappear. Using that method, you'll have to do each one individually. If there's a way to make 'em all disappear at once, only someone like Timber or Pheonix or Craven would probably know how to do that.
Edit > Replace. This "finds" the symbol/word and gives you the option of replace all. leave the *replace with* blank.
Might be an idea to save a copy of the original (with a different file name) just in case.
Andy, even I know how to delete one thing at a time. I'm trying to avoid having to do that when a chapter has a zillion symbols.
Dadpad, I may have tried that. I'll try again. Thanks.
Worked for me roberta.
I highlighted The word me in a document then wnt to edit> replace. The find box had Me highlighted already I pressed replace all ant it told me 52 "Me's" had been replaced.
Edit replace, not edit find
Thanks, dadpad. I'll give it a try.
And in almost any application running under windows CTRL F will let you search for a particular word. I learned that on Abuzz from someone named Reboita, or some such.
Roger, If I knew it, I forgot it. Are you sure you've got the right Reboita? I don't know nuttin' 'bout des here computers. Never did.
Roger, I knew about a control F? Drawing a complete blank. But I absolutely take your word for it.
Luckily, Roger is a fine man and a true gentleman but
I AM NOT A LADY and even though I'm older than you, you, my dear, are turning into an
OLD BROAD. Ha, ha, ha, cackle, cackle, cackle, hee, hee, hee.
No bleeping kidding, oh defiled nun. I attribute part of my memory demise to age and part to stress. However, there is an upside (something I rarely see). No more reruns on tv. Everything is like new.
So true,Boidy, you old night owl. Dys doesn't understand how I can watch so many reruns of CSI and Law and Order. Poor dear, I don't want to tell him and have him all disillusioned about me.
Dadpad, It woiked. You've saved me from a lot of tedium. Thanks.
Roberta wrote:Dadpad, It woiked. You've saved me from a lot of tedium. Thanks.
Able 2 Know: More answers than wikipedia!
(pleased to help Roberta)
ROFLMAO, dadpad. And here I was--gonna ask politely and sympathetically about your tootsie. Now, not so sure.
Oh, what the hell. How's the foot, kid? Hope you're feeling better.
Are you sure it's not just showing formatting marks?
Quote:Show formatting marks by selecting the toolbar button with the ¶ symbol. This should allow you to see special characters showing the layout of the page. With these formatting marks enabled, select an image or other object. An anchor should appear, showing you where the object appears in the reading order. If the anchor does not appear in the proper place, you can move it with your mouse.
If you cannot find the ¶ button on your toolbar you can also enable this feature through the menu. In Windows, Select Tools > Options the View tab or section. Under the Formatting Marks section, select the checkbox labeled All.
On Mac select Word > Preferences > View. Under the Non printing characters section select the checkbox labeled All.
Of course if you want to get rid of formatting characters, do the same in reverse. This information came from here:
http://ncdae.org/tools/factsheets/word.cfm
No, Jes, not formatting marks. The author was using the trademark symbol (T in a circle) every single time the name of something came up. Wanted the symbol gone without having to delete it every time it came up. Dadpad's advice worked. Now I owe the SOB $130.
Thanks anyway, though.
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