Word Wildcard Usage Tips Summary

before you do so, start the Find and Replace Window with CTRL+H, set a basic condition--turn on the "Use wildcard" option. This is only valid if you use wildcard characters to find replacements.

“?” Replace all individual characters

There are "full amplitude", "half", "picture" and many other words with "amplitude" in the article, using the "??" keyword to find, you can search for "a certain" vocabulary.

"*" replaces any number of characters

If you use the keyword "* amplitude" to find, all "amplitude" as the cut-off string, no matter how long, can be searched. Of course, it doesn't matter whether you're searching for words or not, including meaningless strings.

"[]" specifies one of the characters in []

If you use the "[Picture full half]" search, all "full amplitude", "half", "frame" will be found.

' [X-x] ' specifies a single character in range

If you enter a [X-z]our] lookup, you can find the word "your" in the text because Y is between x-z.

"[!x-x]" excludes single characters in range

If you enter a "f[!a-c]m" lookup, Word can find all words that start with a FR, end with M, but do not contain a, B, and C letters in the middle.

' {n} ' specifies the number of previous characters

If you enter a "To{2}ls" lookup, you can find the word tools in the text, which means that there are 1 previous characters "O".

' {x,y} ' specifies the previous character and range

If you enter the "To{1,2ls}" lookup, the description contains the previous character "O" and the number range is 1-2, you can find "tools".

"@" To specify a previous character

If you enter a "To@ls" lookup, you can find "tools". If the text has "Toooooools" can also be found.

"< (ABC)" Specifies the starting string

If you want to find a string that starts with be, enter the "< be" lookup to locate the corresponding word being. The advantage of doing this is not to search for words that contain be in the middle or end of a word.

In addition, "(ABC) >" Specifies the end string, and the action method above, you can try it yourself.