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MS Word Regular Expressions

Regular E

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English language training in York, UK

For English language training in York, UK, I recommend the website of John F. King – EFL trainer, novelist and playwrite.

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Recommended: Sociology editor

Anyone writing in English as a foreign language is by definition at a disadvantage in judging the quality of an English-language editing site by the primary criteria we use to make judgements on the internet – namely, grammar and punctuation.
The owners of some sites exploit this market asymmetry to pass off substandard goods at inflated [...]

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MS Word Wildcard Bug: Character Transposition

When track changes is enabled, MS Word transposes characters when using the wildcard string (a.k.a. regular expression):
Find \(([0-9]{4})\)
Replace with . \1.
The aim of the string is to transform, e.g. Hart, Keith (1973) to Hart, Keith. 1973.
But when track changes is on it produces Hart, Keith1973..
The only way to work around this that I [...]

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MS Word Caps Toggle

In MS Word, shift+F3 toggles highlighted text between ALL CAPS, no caps, and Headline Style.
Useful for zooming through e.g. reference lists.

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