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    Modifying VBA to exclude a given string

    I use this code to find all words composed solely of two or more capital letters and remove them ;

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    It works fine in tidying up my text. Unfortunately , it removes a very commonly used expression the the shape of 'OK'.

    Can someone suggest a modification to my code above so that it leaves any occurrences of 'OK' in place?

    Grateful for any advice.

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    Re: Modifying VBA to exclude a given string

    For example:
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    Re: Modifying VBA to exclude a given string

    OK thanks - that's fixed it. It removes words with only two capitals , but leaves 'OK' and the others in the specified string in place.

    BTW - I've discovered the next obstacle is where 'OK' is used as a sentence within itself.

    For example , where the text has

    OK.
    OK-
    OK,
    OK!
    OK?

    In these cases , the VBA is deleting them because of the third character of course , when really it should leave them in place..!

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    Re: Modifying VBA to exclude a given string

    I've revised the code. The revisions mean text like OK followed by a space will be deleted along with the space (which is what one would ordinarily want).

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    Re: Modifying VBA to exclude a given string

    Very good. Thanks for your help - much appreciated.


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