MS Word Legal - Use of Prefix and Suffix When Using Global Replace

MS Word Legal - Use of Prefix and Suffix When Using Global Replace

You would be surprised how often this comes up.  

Here is the scenario:  The attorney has asked that all words starting with the Prefix “Law” be turned to Bold/Italic.

1.  Within the document, here are just some of the words that appear:
Lawyer, Lawful, Lawless.

2.  Some of the additional words were Westlaw and Outlaw.

3.  When searching for Law “Search Whole Words only” won’t help since the Word “Law” is not by itself but a part of a word.

4.  We are going to have to use “Match Prefix” so that the system only goes after words that start with “Law” and not words that happen to have the letters “law” as part of a word on the back end.

5.  The request was to make those words starting with “Law” to be Bold/Italic.

6.  Go to “Format” under the Find and Replace Dialog Box and under “Font” choose Bold/Italic.

7.  Make sure you choose “Match Prefix” and run your Find and Replace.

8.   Those instances of the letters “law” that appear at the end of a word will remain unaffected.

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