MatchWildcards Property

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True if the text to find contains wildcards. Corresponds to the Use wildcards check box in the Find and Replace dialog box (Edit menu). Read/write Boolean.

expression.MatchWildcards

expression Required. An expression that returns a Find object.

Remarks

Use the Text property of the Find object or use the FindText argument with the Execute method to specify the text to be located in a document.

Example

This example finds and selects the next three-letter word that begins with "s" and ends with "t."

With Selection.Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Text = "s?t"
    .MatchAllWordForms = False
    .MatchSoundsLike = False
    .MatchFuzzy = False
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .Execute Format:=False, Forward:=True
End With

Applies to | Find Object

See Also | Text Property