[PhilMac]

Thanks — that works. Still, I'm less likely to take advantage of a shortcut of this kind if I have to remember to start with the shortcut "identifier."

Also, it just plain bugs me that I can't figure out what the rules for this are and why I keep getting errors when I try to do it "my" way. But maybe I should get a therapist for that. :)

I got a sense from reading another thread that the first shortcut, the one with the "*", is special somehow. Maybe that's why I can't make use of that symbol in my own shortcut?

Finally: OW has RegEx in the Find box — would there be any reason not to make RegEx replacements a per-shortcut option in a future release?