Help Formatting: Make words in between underscores italicized.

irishtexmex · 12-18-2010, 01:21 PM

I have an epub of a book that instead of words being italicized has words in between underscores. As it is a very basic book, I converted to RTF and opened it up in Word (can't install SIGIL on any of the computers I use at school) to use the almighty Find and Replace tool. However, I'm now at a loss as to how to change the words between the underscores to italics AND remove those underscores.

Everywhere I've looked online has instructions on how to do this with quotation marks, and this is sticky because more than likely those quotation marks are "smart quotations" with opening and closing quotes. Anybody able to offer any help? Much appreciation and many thanks.

Thank you.

jackie_w · 12-18-2010, 02:06 PM

Try this:
Using Word Find & Replace:

Check the 'Use Wildcards' box
In the Find box, type

Code:

_(*)_

In the Replace box, type

Code:

\1

then [Ctrl]-I or Format - Font - Italic to specify Italics

Then press the 'Replace All' button

Attached is a screencap of the Find/Replace box in Word so you can see what it should look like.
Caveat: My version of Word is pretty old. The box may have changed.

irishtexmex · 12-18-2010, 04:18 PM

Excellent. That worked perfectly. Thank you!

jackie_w · 12-18-2010, 05:03 PM

You're welcome

12-18-2010, 01:21 PM	#1
irishtexmex Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Notre Dame, IN/Austin, TX Device: Kindle Voygae (Old: B&N Nook ST)	Help Formatting: Make words in between underscores italicized. I have an epub of a book that instead of words being italicized has words in between underscores. As it is a very basic book, I converted to RTF and opened it up in Word (can't install SIGIL on any of the computers I use at school) to use the almighty Find and Replace tool. However, I'm now at a loss as to how to change the words between the underscores to italics AND remove those underscores. Everywhere I've looked online has instructions on how to do this with quotation marks, and this is sticky because more than likely those quotation marks are "smart quotations" with opening and closing quotes. Anybody able to offer any help? Much appreciation and many thanks. Thank you.

12-18-2010, 02:06 PM	#2
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,212 Karma: 16534894 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo: KA1, ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E. PocketBook: TouchHD3	Try this: Using Word Find & Replace: Check the 'Use Wildcards' box In the Find box, type Code: _(*)_ In the Replace box, type Code: \1 then [Ctrl]-I or Format - Font - Italic to specify Italics Then press the 'Replace All' button Attached is a screencap of the Find/Replace box in Word so you can see what it should look like. Caveat: My version of Word is pretty old. The box may have changed. Attached Thumbnails

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Italicized Fonts not showing up!!	Ephraim	Sigil	12	12-21-2010 01:44 PM
[KOBO] Strip existing formatting to apply my own default formatting to all books	digital_steve	Calibre	2	08-10-2010 06:34 PM
Calibre and FORMATTING how to stop it altering my formatting?	nerys	Calibre	37	07-23-2010 02:35 AM
Need handholding -- can't make formatting pretty	MeiraV	Calibre	0	06-07-2010 01:29 PM
Calibre and FORMATTING how to stop it altering my formatting?	nerys	Calibre	0	02-28-2010 04:51 PM

12-18-2010, 04:18 PM	#3
irishtexmex Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Notre Dame, IN/Austin, TX Device: Kindle Voygae (Old: B&N Nook ST)	Excellent. That worked perfectly. Thank you!

12-18-2010, 05:03 PM	#4
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,212 Karma: 16534894 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo: KA1, ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E. PocketBook: TouchHD3	You're welcome

Advert