Thanks, Mike, I think the medication which I am on is makingme muddle headed first thing in the morning - I will have to watch it :-).
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ MikeFry <emjay...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 2014/01/12 11:00, Ron Ferguson wrote: > >> Does the Search>Find allow one to use "not equal to" as the search criteria? >> If so, since the OP wishes all to be replaced wouldn't "not equal to" blank >> to it? > >I presume you were addressing me :-) > >Search & Replace has "How to Find" options > >Either one or both of:- >a) Whole word only >b) Match case > >And one of >a) Exact, or >b) Starts with, or >c) Ends with, or >d) Anywhere in field > >It also has "How to Replace" options >a) Replace only found text, or >b) Replace entire field > >Now, provided there was a pattern (Kathy said they start with "1,"), and the >replacement text can be empty, it should be possible to clear all the File IDs >that she's seen. > >-- >Regards, >Mike Fry >Johannesburg (g) > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp