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Re: FW: Table Processing



Jay Smith wrote:

> Harvey & Dina,
>
> <snip>
>
> Also, the nature of the question suggests that this is a repetitive report,
> generated from data supplied externally.  If this is true, this is an
> important aspect because it means that it is theoretically possible to build
> "blank cell markers" into the repetitive data-source stream (it could be
> easier to search for the "marker" "XYZ" than to search for a cell without
> contents).
>
> <snip>

Just my $0.02's worth:

Searching for blank table cells is actually easy though non-intuitive.

In the Search dialogue, have "Wildcards" on and search on the "Text" ^\f

"^" = "The start of a line"

"\f" = "The end of a text flow".

Cheers.


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