Find & Replace Hopeful

[Melynnie]

Good morning!

I'm working on a project for a client entering in parts & numbers. I am very anal with my work and this is what i need to do. I need to replace some measurement abbreviations with the correct one.

Example: Seal, Od, 36 X 52 X 8 mm

I would like it to read: Seal, OD, 36 X 52 X 8 mm.

I can do a find and replace however, any WORD with "od" in it will change to "OD" - thus getting words with capital letters in the middle of it. I then have to go back with find and replace for that specific word that got "included" and change it back... You can see how this can snowball..

I usually am able to find answers here, but this one is challanging me.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Melynnie

 

[Skybluekid]

Try Find & replace

Find Od,
Replace OD,

 

[p45cal]

also you can add spaces either side of both what's being sought and what's replacing it.
search for " od "
replace with " OD "

If Od is ever at the beginning or end of a string then you'd have to find "od " and replace with "OD " etc. etc.

In the actual dialogue box, you wouldn't use the double quotes at all.