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Subject:RE: Fun with Word From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:37:35 -0400
It could be in unused headers and footers - i.e., the document has them
for a previously defined "different-first-page" or
"different-odd-and-even" layout. This has happened to me before. I found
them by clearing and selecting these check boxes in turn, and *then*
searching the headers and footers.
It could also be in document properties - this has also happened to me
before.
Look at it this way: You're using Word to edit the files, but something
other than Word to search the directory.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Hanson
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:24 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Fun with Word
>
> I like Word except when it does stuff that makes no sense.
> I had to replace the phrase "Client Relations Specialist"
> with "Account Manager." I searched my network drive where I
> store all my docs directory and found ~80 Word docs with
> "Client Relations Specialist."
> I went through each, replaced "CRS" with "AM" in all docs,
> recreated the PDFs.
> I then did another search for "Client Relations Specialist"
> in the same directory - I should have 0 hits - before
> moving on to the next thing on my list.
> Windows search found 3 Word docs. Opened each doc.
> Searched for "Relations" and no hits in any of the three
> docs.
> I saved the docs - thinking the search of the network drive
> may just have been out-of-date - an opened a new Search
> window.
> Same thing.
> I changed the view in Word in each doc to be "Final
> Showing Markup."
> I have comments visible.
> I clicked the little paragraph symbol. I clicked to have
> hidden text display.
> Searched again.
> Same thing. Three docs show up as having "Client Relations
> Specialist" inside it.
> I like Word except when it does stuff that makes no sense.
>
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