Tips & Tricks

Use A Word Processor To Get Rid Of Forward Brackets

Do you ever get an e-mail forwarded to you which has all those annoying >> marks in front of each line? There's an easy way to eliminate these marks when you copy the message to a word processor such as Microsoft's WordPad (which comes with all Windows versions). Following is a partial e-mail message which was forwarded to me:

> >Jake, the rancher, went one day to fix a distant fence.
> >The wind was cold and gusty and the clouds rolled gray and dense.

> >

> >

> >As he pounded the last staples in and gathered tools to go,

> >The temperature had fallen, the wind and snow began to blow.

> >

> >When he finally reached his pickup, he felt a heavy heart.

> > >From the sound of that ignition, he knew it wouldn't start.

> >

Copy this mess into WordPad (Found under the Start button, Program Files, Accessories) and press the "Ctrl" + "H" keys on your keyboard to bring up the REPLACE box. (This is a shortcut to the Replace option found in the Edit menu.)

In the "Find What" box, put > (found on the key above the period) and check the Match Case box. Leave the "Replace With" box empty.

Then select Replace All.

All the ">>" marks will be gone! Hit Cancel to close the REPLACE box and continue editing the document.

~ Jim Christoffersen

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