extract email addresses, Powerfind not working
Posted: 2007-02-12 15:46:15
PowerFind is not working for me, as described in the Nisus Writer Express Help. I am using Nisus 2.7, OS 10.4.8, on a G5 tower. I cannot duplicate the results of many of the PowerFind examples. In particular, all the examples using parentheses don't work for me. When I do any search, I get the message "Found no occurrences." I also notice that when I enter a search in PowerFind, switch to Nisus Help in the Help Viewer, and then switch back to Nisus Express, my search string is corrupted.
I'd like to understand these problems, but I'd also like to solve my real task. I get lists of email addresses in the common format:
Peggy Worth <peggyues@yahoo.com>
Rose Davis <rsgtrrrz@netzero.com>
Martin Miller <martinmuelisto@gmail.com>
Robert Quill <timedplumo@yahoo.com>
Spencer L. Smith <spencerforgisto@gmail.com>
Dave English <daveangla@hotmail.com>
Robin Antau <robinarobin@yahoo.co.uk>
I want to be able to copy and paste to another file only the email addresses, without the real names nor the angle brackets. I have to do this once or more per day, so I want to create a streamlined procedure.
<anyCharacter1+> does almost what I want. If finds the email address with the angle brackets. I could copy and paste this data, and then delete the angle brackets from the new file, with additional find/replace steps. Still, it seems like it ought to be possible to do this in one operation.
If PowerFind's parentheses were working for me, I think I could do it. Can anyone help me understand my general PowerFind problem and the solution to this specific task?
Thanks,
Derek Roff
I'd like to understand these problems, but I'd also like to solve my real task. I get lists of email addresses in the common format:
Peggy Worth <peggyues@yahoo.com>
Rose Davis <rsgtrrrz@netzero.com>
Martin Miller <martinmuelisto@gmail.com>
Robert Quill <timedplumo@yahoo.com>
Spencer L. Smith <spencerforgisto@gmail.com>
Dave English <daveangla@hotmail.com>
Robin Antau <robinarobin@yahoo.co.uk>
I want to be able to copy and paste to another file only the email addresses, without the real names nor the angle brackets. I have to do this once or more per day, so I want to create a streamlined procedure.
<anyCharacter1+> does almost what I want. If finds the email address with the angle brackets. I could copy and paste this data, and then delete the angle brackets from the new file, with additional find/replace steps. Still, it seems like it ought to be possible to do this in one operation.
If PowerFind's parentheses were working for me, I think I could do it. Can anyone help me understand my general PowerFind problem and the solution to this specific task?
Thanks,
Derek Roff