1. There is no asterisk. I was using it as a wildcard
2. Yes, there is text between PT_ORIG and the end of the line
3. The end of the line is just a return (ENTER) I think. It definitely isn't
the shift+enter.


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:52:01 -0700, jbly wrote:

I have a file from another application that I edit with Word. I want erase
the entire line for every instance a line begins with PT_ORIG*. I tried to
search for all instances of PT_ORIG* (then Special manual line break), but it
doesn't seem to find it. Also what would I put in the replace box because
that will leave a blank line in the file?

No reasonable answer can be given until you answer these three questions:

- Is there an actual asterisk character in the text after the G, or are you
using the asterisk as a wildcard?

- Is there other text between PT_ORIG* and the end of the line?

- Is there a manual line break (the character inserted by Shift+Enter), not a
paragraph mark or column break or something else, at the end of the line?


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