A Difficult Question for ID Hotshots

i have sort of dictionary in each term formatted bold char. tag followed 2 non-breaking spaces followed definition formatted ital. char. tag. automatically reformat text in reverse the definition first followed non-breaking spaces , bold text. example:

 

agneau  lamb change to lamb  agneau

 

this allow me use these para. tags , toc "alphabetical sort" tool make new text file in alphabetical order according english word. thereby making english listing french one.

i hope make myself clear

 

thanks insights!!

this sounds not hard, actually, assuming place in whole document find 2 nbsp in row in these definitions. use grep query change.

 

start opening find/change window, go grep tab. in "find what" use query:

 

(.+)~s~s(.+)

 

and in "change to" use this:

 

$2~s~s$1

 

this finds group $1 of letters followed 2 nbsp followed group $2 of 2 letters, , replaces group $2, 2 nbsp, , group $1.

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