Thanks for the post Herb.
I use your suggestion below when it works... but I sometimes run across
symbols that do copy/paste into the search/replace boxes.
And in the case I ran across this morning I could not find a specific symbol
in the "special characters' box... (which I do not find in Excel by the
way... only in Word).
The character looked like a little squre box... but the sides were either
missing or very faint... sort of like a square bullet but it was something
else.
jeff
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
Usually, if you copy one of the target characters to the clipboard, you can
paste it into the Find what: field and it will work just fine.
Many special characters can also be inserted into Find what: or Replace
with: by clicking the More button in the Find and Replace dialog box, and
then clicking Special.
--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
"Jeff Ingman" wrote in message
...
I often find symbols in MS documents I'd like to remove or replace with
something else.
Is there a way to detect the underlying code of a symbol or special
character to use for "Search and Replace"?