Q196668: WD97: Find/Replace Command Doesn’t Ignore Deleted Text

Article: Q196668
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta kbproof word8 word97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the Track Changes feature in Microsoft Word, if you click Find or
Replace on the Edit menu and search for specific text, Word may not find the
text specified in the Find what box if that text contains deleted characters.

For example, if you type "Forget me not" (without the quotation marks), turn on
Track Changes, and then delete the word "me", one of the following occurs when
you attempt to do either a Find or a Replace action.

With the "Highlight Changes on Screen" Option Turned On:

Word does not find "Forget not".

With the "Highlight Changes on Screen" Option Turned Off:

When you do a Find action, Word finds "Forget not"; however, when you do a
Replace action, Word does not find "Forget not".


WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, either accept or reject the changes in your Word
document. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Track Changes and click Accept or Reject Changes.

2. In the Accept or Reject Changes dialog box, do one of the following:

   - Click Find and click either Accept or Reject to accept or reject
     individual changes to your Word document.

     -or-

   - Click either Accept All or Reject All to accept or reject the changes that
     were made to your Word document.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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To use Track Changes in your Word document, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Track Changes, and click Highlight Changes.

2. In the Highlight Changes dialog box, select the "Track changes while editing"
  check box.

  NOTE: The "Highlight changes on screen" and "Highlight changes in printed
  document" check boxes are selected by default and should remain selected.

3. Click OK.

For more information about Track Changes, click "Contents and Index" on the Help
menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Word Help, type the following text

  track changes

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Ways to add comments and
keep track of changes" topic. If you are unable to find the information you
need, ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: edit find search revision marks delete deleted text line

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Keywords          : kbdta kbproof word8 word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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