On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 01:21:25 -0000, "Geoff" wrote:
[snip]
Incidentally, how would I search for a tab character? The
Format button in the Replace dialog seems only to permit
searching for a tab stop (but then the search fails to find
anything). Also, Ctrl-Tab doesn't enter a tab character.

Thanks again for the leads. I thought you might like to know
where they took me.

Geoff

I'll let Shauna answer the important part of your question, since she
knows a lot more than I about numbering and styles.

Regarding the Replace dialog, it will search for a tab character if
you put the code ^t in the Find What box. If you don't remember the
code, click the More button, then the Special button, and select Tab
Character from the list.

When I used the Format button and selected Tab to define a tab stop to
search for, it didn't find the tab stops in the document. I think
that's a bug. However, I was able to do it with a macro like this:

Sub FindTabStop()
Dim oRg As Range

Set oRg = ActiveDocument.Range
With oRg.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Text = ""
.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add _
Position:=InchesToPoints(2), _
Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = True
.MatchWildcards = False
If .Execute Then
oRg.Select
End If
End With
End Sub

The macro recorder won't correctly create this kind of macro.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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