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Old 05-16-2013, 12:29 AM   #1
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How can I bulk remove The Series Name and Book Number from the Title Field. I have tried several regular expressions but I can't make it work. Any suggestions?
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How can I bulk remove The Series Name and Book Number from the Title Field. I have tried several regular expressions but I can't make it work. Any suggestions?
Since there is no standard way of including series, There is no SINGLE solution
keep working on your REGEX terms, the test and results sections are valuable tools to getting it right for your files
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