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Remove parentheses and what's inside.

agencetourix Posted messages 203 Status Member -  
Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58229 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   -
Hello Hello!

I have a list that looks like this:

(123-edf) BLABLABLA (Abc-def)
(xyzeed) BLABLABLA (enhdk-s)
.......

And I want to delete everything to keep only the BLABLABLA

Is it possible to do this without using Word?

I don’t have the Microsoft Office suite.

If not, tell me how to do it on Word and I will manage to do it on another computer.

Thank you, best regards and have a good day everyone ;)

Configuration: Windows Vista / Firefox 3.6.12

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    m@rina Posted messages 27859 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   11 569
     
    Hello,

    Open Office is surely great, but saying it is one thing, providing the solution with Writer is better...

    Personally, I don’t know how to do it with Open Office and I don’t even know if it’s possible, so here’s the solution with Word:

    Display the “Find and Replace” dialog box (this depends on the version)
    Click on the More button to expand the box and check the “Use wildcards” option.

    Find: \(*\)
    Replace with nothing

    m@rina

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    1. ckvtdn Posted messages 863 Status Member 143
       
      I must have misunderstood his problem.
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  2. ckvtdn Posted messages 863 Status Member 143
     
    Open Office is free and just as functional as Microsoft Office suite.
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  3. Hallo33 Posted messages 358 Status Member 29
     
    Can someone take my list and try to do it for me?

    My trial period for Word has ended and I haven't downloaded Open Office yet, which I plan to do...

    Thanks in advance to the volunteer

    Thank you for your responses

    And thanks to Marina, the "lucky Luke" of search/replace in Word :)
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  4. Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58229 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   17 493
     
    Copy your file to a USB stick and go work on another machine.
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