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    Replacing outline numbered items with previous word in bold

    This is some text from OCR, sample attached.

    It has a headword in bold, and below it there are subentries which include the headword with the first letter of the headword + full stop + remaining words.

    These subentries are styled with outline numbering (using the "-" character) and/or the actual "-" character.

    What I want to do, is to replace these subentries with the full headword, i.e.

    accommodation χτέωβχη # βόιεμβ # εξυοηύέτηχη
    - a. collar χύιιηψη ωιβ ιόωουχ ωοήτύου (τηχ βχτυνομίβχ)
    - a. house οούνείο, μοούντέιιο

    Should become

    accommodation χτέωβχη # βόιεμβ # εξυοηύέτηχη
    accommodation collar χύιιηψη ωιβ ιόωουχ ωοήτύου (τηχ βχτυνομίβχ)
    accommodation house οούνείο, μοούντέιιο
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    Re: Replacing outline numbered items with previous word in bold

    Try:
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    Re: Replacing outline numbered items with previous word in bold

    Thanks, Paul! I discovered a couple of cases which are not changed (see attached).

    -a. the market
    -a. expressionism
    -a. illusionism
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    Re: Replacing outline numbered items with previous word in bold

    You can fix that with another Find/Replace round:
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    Re: Replacing outline numbered items with previous word in bold

    Thanks, Paul! Some strange results in cases like the attached.

    after
    a.-dinner (missed)
    a. hair (became ahair
    a. market a. (became amarket)
    a.-dinner (missed)
    a.-time (missed)
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    Re: Replacing outline numbered items with previous word in bold

    Your data would be much easier to code for if you provided a truly representative sample. So far, all of the problems have stemmed from the fact that representative is one thing your sample data aren't! Try:
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