Word replace italicized text

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Is there any way in MS word that we can match all italicized text and bring brackets {..} before and after them?

For example, I have mag pal two: in another page I have woke me up: and many other italicized sentences

What I want is to find them and replace them with a bracket around them

Best Answer

This can be done using "Find and replace" option in Microsoft Word. Here, I have a word document with many italic text. I have highlighted them in yellow for our convenience:

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Press Ctrl+H to go to "Find and Replace" menu. Click on More:

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Click on Format and then Font...:

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Select Font style as Italic and click OK:

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Leave the Find what: blank.

In Replace with: enter {^&}

If you've done everything right, "Find and Replace" will look like this at last:

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Click Replace All button.

This is what you will get at the end:

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EDIT: You've got a group of words (or we can call it a sentence) in italics just like this:

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(I've highlighted in yellow for convenience)

For your information, I have applied the very same method and it works fine in this case as well. This is what I achieved doing the same thing I mentioned above:

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So, I believe, this finally solves your problem.

I hope this helps. Tell me how it does :)

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