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October 25, 2023
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Find and delete all numbers in a document

  • October 25, 2023
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Want to delete all numbers in a document.

I have tried the find function, 

but I want all the numbers deleted and the body of the text moved to where the white space of the deleted number is.

 

When i use the find function, and replace with Em white space, it finds and deletes all numbers, but the text is no longer alighned because there is unwanted white space to the left of the text (where the number was).

 

How do i delete all numbers and shift the text to the left so it remains perfectly alighned?

 

 

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    Peter Spier
    Peter Spier
    Community Expert
    October 25, 2023

    Find numbers and replace with nothing... No whitespace will be created and your text will move left.

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
      Brainiac
      October 25, 2023

      And if you really mean every digit, you can use the GREP wildcard \d to represent all digits from 0 to 9. Use that for search, and an empty 'replace' string as Peter notes, and all the numbers will vanish instantly. 🙂

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