Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with Page
Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came from a merged file
and has section breaks every other page and I wish to have them be one
section for numbering, etc.
You can use the Edit->Replace command to search for section
breaks and replace all with manual page breaks.
Tyler T wrote:
> Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with Page
> Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came from a merged file
> and has section breaks every other page and I wish to have them be one
> section for numbering, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Tyler
How do I specify section breaks within the Edit->Replace command?
"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
> You can use the Edit->Replace command to search for section
> breaks and replace all with manual page breaks.
>
> Tyler T wrote:
>
> > Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with Page
> > Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came from a merged file
> > and has section breaks every other page and I wish to have them be one
> > section for numbering, etc.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tyler
>
>
Use ^b for section breaks and ^m for manual page breaks.
To discover these symbols (and others), in Find and Replace, click the More
button. At the bottom, drop down the Special list. Note that special
search/replace characters can vary for Find what: and Replace with:. They
can also vary if the Use wildcards option is selected. In this case, don't
enable Use wildcards, and put ^b in Find what: and ^m in Replace with:.
--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
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"Tyler T" <TylerT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E7FE993C-2A95-49D6-A902-22684A8DCF0C@microsoft.com...
> How do I specify section breaks within the Edit->Replace command?
>
> "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You can use the Edit->Replace command to search for section
>> breaks and replace all with manual page breaks.
>>
>> Tyler T wrote:
>>
>> > Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with Page
>> > Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came from a
>> > merged file
>> > and has section breaks every other page and I wish to have them be one
>> > section for numbering, etc.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Tyler
>>
>>
> Use ^b for section breaks and ^m for manual page breaks.
>
> To discover these symbols (and others), in Find and Replace, click the More
> button. At the bottom, drop down the Special list. Note that special
> search/replace characters can vary for Find what: and Replace with:. They
> can also vary if the Use wildcards option is selected. In this case, don't
> enable Use wildcards, and put ^b in Find what: and ^m in Replace with:.
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> http://www.herbtyson.com
> Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
> "Tyler T" <TylerT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E7FE993C-2A95-49D6-A902-22684A8DCF0C@microsoft.com...
> > How do I specify section breaks within the Edit->Replace command?
> >
> > "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> You can use the Edit->Replace command to search for section
> >> breaks and replace all with manual page breaks.
> >>
> >> Tyler T wrote:
> >>
> >> > Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with Page
> >> > Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came from a
> >> > merged file
> >> > and has section breaks every other page and I wish to have them be one
> >> > section for numbering, etc.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Tyler
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
In Word, click on Edit | Replace | More. Click in the "Find
what:" box, and then click on Special | Section Break. Click in
the "Replace with:" box, and then click on Special | Manual Page
Break. Click on Replace All.
Tyler T wrote:
> How do I specify section breaks within the Edit->Replace command?
>
> "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>You can use the Edit->Replace command to search for section
>>breaks and replace all with manual page breaks.
>>
>>Tyler T wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with Page
>>>Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came from a merged file
>>>and has section breaks every other page and I wish to have them be one
>>>section for numbering, etc.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Tyler
>>
>>
> In Word, click on Edit | Replace | More. Click in the "Find
> what:" box, and then click on Special | Section Break. Click in
> the "Replace with:" box, and then click on Special | Manual Page
> Break. Click on Replace All.
>
> Tyler T wrote:
>
> > How do I specify section breaks within the Edit->Replace command?
> >
> > "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>You can use the Edit->Replace command to search for section
> >>breaks and replace all with manual page breaks.
> >>
> >>Tyler T wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with Page
> >>>Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came from a merged file
> >>>and has section breaks every other page and I wish to have them be one
> >>>section for numbering, etc.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Tyler
> >>
> >>
>
>
Hi, I have Word 2007 and it didn't work for me. I got the error message "Word
has completed the search of the document and has made 0 replacements." How to
fix this problem? I have hundreds of section breaks to replace with page
breaks in my document...
"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
> In Word, click on Edit | Replace | More. Click in the "Find
> what:" box, and then click on Special | Section Break. Click in
> the "Replace with:" box, and then click on Special | Manual Page
> Break. Click on Replace All.
>
> Tyler T wrote:
>
> > How do I specify section breaks within the Edit->Replace command?
> >
> > "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>You can use the Edit->Replace command to search for section
> >>breaks and replace all with manual page breaks.
> >>
> >>Tyler T wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with Page
> >>>Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came from a merged file
> >>>and has section breaks every other page and I wish to have them be one
> >>>section for numbering, etc.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Tyler
> >>
> >>
>
>
Herb and garfield-n-odie have told you how to replace them, but I would
suggest that you merely delete the section breaks and not insert page
breaks. It's best to control text flow with paragraph formatting rather than
manual breaks.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
"Tyler T" <TylerT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5E2C808-B905-4D55-8219-689EFC645033@microsoft.com...
> Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with Page
> Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came from a merged
file
> and has section breaks every other page and I wish to have them be one
> section for numbering, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Tyler
Removing Section Breaks is a problem with Find/Replace in Office 2007.
I can't do this either. I know how to use find/replace with ^b.
Is it possible that this is a problem when using a document with section
breaks created automatically by Office after a mail merge?
I am trying to do this. When I run find/Replace on ^b, it finds all the
characters, but when trying to do replace, word responds with made 0
replacements.
Please help...
Suzanne, can you please try this? Simply create a mail merge and then try
to automatically remove the section breaks. I've spent about 30 minutes
trying different methods and the only thing that works is manual deletion. I
had to do this on a 72 page document.
Thanks in advance for the help.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> Herb and garfield-n-odie have told you how to replace them, but I would
> suggest that you merely delete the section breaks and not insert page
> breaks. It's best to control text flow with paragraph formatting rather than
> manual breaks.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "Tyler T" <TylerT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5E2C808-B905-4D55-8219-689EFC645033@microsoft.com...
> > Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with Page
> > Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came from a merged
> file
> > and has section breaks every other page and I wish to have them be one
> > section for numbering, etc.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tyler
>
>
Are the section breaks right before tables? In that case Find/Replace
doesn't work properly, and you might have to write a macro or do it by hand.
Regards,
Klaus
"madchad" wrote:
> Removing Section Breaks is a problem with Find/Replace in Office 2007.
>
> I can't do this either. I know how to use find/replace with ^b.
>
> Is it possible that this is a problem when using a document with section
> breaks created automatically by Office after a mail merge?
>
> I am trying to do this. When I run find/Replace on ^b, it finds all the
> characters, but when trying to do replace, word responds with made 0
> replacements.
>
> Please help...
>
> Suzanne, can you please try this? Simply create a mail merge and then try
> to automatically remove the section breaks. I've spent about 30 minutes
> trying different methods and the only thing that works is manual deletion.
> I
> had to do this on a 72 page document.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> Are the section breaks right before tables? In that case Find/Replace
> doesn't work properly, and you might have to write a macro or do it by hand.
>
> Regards,
> Klaus
>
>
> "madchad" wrote:
> > Removing Section Breaks is a problem with Find/Replace in Office 2007.
> >
> > I can't do this either. I know how to use find/replace with ^b.
> >
> > Is it possible that this is a problem when using a document with section
> > breaks created automatically by Office after a mail merge?
> >
> > I am trying to do this. When I run find/Replace on ^b, it finds all the
> > characters, but when trying to do replace, word responds with made 0
> > replacements.
> >
> > Please help...
> >
> > Suzanne, can you please try this? Simply create a mail merge and then try
> > to automatically remove the section breaks. I've spent about 30 minutes
> > trying different methods and the only thing that works is manual deletion.
> > I
> > had to do this on a 72 page document.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the help.
> >
>
>
Why do you need to remove the section breaks in a mail merge? It is not
necessary in order to print individual parts of the document and if you want
the document split into separate documents for each record then there are
better ways - see http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
madchad wrote:
> Removing Section Breaks is a problem with Find/Replace in Office 2007.
>
> I can't do this either. I know how to use find/replace with ^b.
>
> Is it possible that this is a problem when using a document with
> section breaks created automatically by Office after a mail merge?
>
> I am trying to do this. When I run find/Replace on ^b, it finds all
> the characters, but when trying to do replace, word responds with
> made 0 replacements.
>
> Please help...
>
> Suzanne, can you please try this? Simply create a mail merge and
> then try to automatically remove the section breaks. I've spent
> about 30 minutes trying different methods and the only thing that
> works is manual deletion. I had to do this on a 72 page document.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> Herb and garfield-n-odie have told you how to replace them, but I
>> would suggest that you merely delete the section breaks and not
>> insert page breaks. It's best to control text flow with paragraph
>> formatting rather than manual breaks.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>
>> "Tyler T" <TylerT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E5E2C808-B905-4D55-8219-689EFC645033@microsoft.com...
>>> Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with
>>> Page Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came
>>> from a merged file and has section breaks every other page and I
>>> wish to have them be one section for numbering, etc.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tyler
Perhaps the OP created a letter merge when a directory/catalog merge was
wanted?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Graham Mayor" <gmayor@REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message
news:e5F$SU8QJHA.4680@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Why do you need to remove the section breaks in a mail merge? It is not
> necessary in order to print individual parts of the document and if you
> want the document split into separate documents for each record then there
> are better ways - see http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm
>
> --
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>
> My web site www.gmayor.com
> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>
>
> madchad wrote:
>> Removing Section Breaks is a problem with Find/Replace in Office 2007.
>>
>> I can't do this either. I know how to use find/replace with ^b.
>>
>> Is it possible that this is a problem when using a document with
>> section breaks created automatically by Office after a mail merge?
>>
>> I am trying to do this. When I run find/Replace on ^b, it finds all
>> the characters, but when trying to do replace, word responds with
>> made 0 replacements.
>>
>> Please help...
>>
>> Suzanne, can you please try this? Simply create a mail merge and
>> then try to automatically remove the section breaks. I've spent
>> about 30 minutes trying different methods and the only thing that
>> works is manual deletion. I had to do this on a 72 page document.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the help.
>>
>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>>
>>> Herb and garfield-n-odie have told you how to replace them, but I
>>> would suggest that you merely delete the section breaks and not
>>> insert page breaks. It's best to control text flow with paragraph
>>> formatting rather than manual breaks.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>> Words into Type
>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>>> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>>
>>> "Tyler T" <TylerT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:E5E2C808-B905-4D55-8219-689EFC645033@microsoft.com...
>>>> Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with
>>>> Page Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came
>>>> from a merged file and has section breaks every other page and I
>>>> wish to have them be one section for numbering, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Tyler
>
>
>
The problem that I am having is that I have a blank page at the end of a
document and right before it is a section break. I have tried deleting the
section break and changing it to a page break but both options make the
headers and footers of the previous pages be removed.
If someone could please help me out with this that would be great.
Thanks
(p,s, Using Word 2007)
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> Herb and garfield-n-odie have told you how to replace them, but I would
> suggest that you merely delete the section breaks and not insert page
> breaks. It's best to control text flow with paragraph formatting rather than
> manual breaks.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "Tyler T" <TylerT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5E2C808-B905-4D55-8219-689EFC645033@microsoft.com...
> > Can somebody tell me how to search and replace Section Breaks with Page
> > Breaks automatically? I have a 55-page document that came from a merged
> file
> > and has section breaks every other page and I wish to have them be one
> > section for numbering, etc.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tyler
>
>
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