How do i get rid of html formatting in word?

Aaron has a document that contains a number of HTML tags, and he would like to remove the tags but maintain the formatting they represent. For instance, if he has a phrase that appears this way, he would like to remove the tags [ and ] but have "a phrase" appear in italics. Aaron is pretty sure this can be done with Find and Replace, but he's not quite sure how to go about it.

You are right, Aaron—you can use Find and Replace to accomplish the removal. The way you would do it is to follow these steps:

1. Press Ctrl+H. Word displays the Replace tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
2. Click the More button, if it is available. [See Figure 1.]

Figure 1. The Replace tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.

3. Make sure the Use Wildcards check box is selected.
4. In the Find What box, enter the following: \[[! Save As. Select a location. Name the file, and select . html as the type. Press Save..