Find and delete

Very carefully, as Find/Replace finds text strings, not 'words'. Here are some of the results when searching for "the".

Note the marked text in the first line—the search for the has found that string in the word 'there' and if told to replace it with the content of the Replace box (nothing), will do exactly that, leaving 're' behind.

Adding a space after 'the' in the search box eliminates that find, but would not affect 'lithe'.

If using Find/Replace, put the word in the Find box, preceded or followed by a space to avoid (some of) the words containing the same string of characters.

Place nothing in the Replace box (ie. leave it empty)

Then, if there is any uncertainty regarding the presence of other words containing that string, go step by step.

Check the first Find.

If it is the word to be removed, click Replace and Find

If it is a word containing the search text, click the forward arrow > to move to the next find.

Repeat until you are back to the starting place.

Regards,

Barry

PS: Always a good idea to have a backup copy of the document. If all else fails, you can go back to that.

(Current versions of Pages automatically save copies of versions of your document at short intervals, allowing you to Revert to a previous version when things go bad.)

B.

Hi glasheree,

Use find and replace but leave the replace field empty. click the > to get the Replace All button active. click it.

If you want to remove the space before the word also make sure you search for that. ie search for " word" rather than "word".

quinn

You're welcome.

q

glasheree wrote:

Thank You!

You're welcome.

Barry