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How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see
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There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dave" wrote in message ... How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. Thx Dave |
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Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : Thx : : Dave : : : |
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Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not
a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not. There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : Thx : : Dave : : : |
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Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key.
Shall we start over. I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc. When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really ugly. I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not. There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : Thx : : Dave : : : |
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Dave, would you post an excerpt? A paragraph or two should do it.
Thanks, rs "Dave" wrote in message ... : Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key. : Shall we start over. : : I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, : unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a : problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty : is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc. : : When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line : ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really : ugly. : : I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. : : Dave : : : "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message : .. . : Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and : not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message : ... : Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; : probably not. : There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't : say how it : actually works. : : The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, : together with line : feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these : characters and it was : fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. : : rs : : : "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message : news : : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : : : -- : : : : JoAnn Paules : : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : : ... : : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't : see : : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : : : Thx : : : : Dave : : : : : : : : : : : : |
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Nothing but calm on my end. :-)
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dave" wrote in message ... Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key. Shall we start over. I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc. When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really ugly. I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not. There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : Thx : : Dave : : : |
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That's a completely different question. Greg Maxey has something that may
help. http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dave" wrote in message ... Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key. Shall we start over. I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc. When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really ugly. I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not. There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : Thx : : Dave : : : |
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JoAnn Paules - another good idea - But it looks like Greg's routine doesn't
include the characters in question. sniptcebob "would you post an excerpt? " Great idea - turns out, tho, that when I paste the sample said marks disappear. Can I attach a Word document on this list??? snip"Nothing but calm on my end" Good snip"There is no such thing as a "backspace character". Well, OK, but I got pages of them BTW, I find none of these characters in my Word symbols library. Stark reality is starting to set in :-). Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . That's a completely different question. Greg Maxey has something that may help. http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dave" wrote in message ... Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key. Shall we start over. I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc. When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really ugly. I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not. There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : Thx : : Dave : : : |
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Are you sure these aren't just ordinary line breaks? You can find those with
^l (lowercase L). See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dave" wrote in message ... Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key. Shall we start over. I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc. When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really ugly. I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not. There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : Thx : : Dave : : : |
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Do they look like ¶?
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dave" wrote in message ... JoAnn Paules - another good idea - But it looks like Greg's routine doesn't include the characters in question. sniptcebob "would you post an excerpt? " Great idea - turns out, tho, that when I paste the sample said marks disappear. Can I attach a Word document on this list??? snip"Nothing but calm on my end" Good snip"There is no such thing as a "backspace character". Well, OK, but I got pages of them BTW, I find none of these characters in my Word symbols library. Stark reality is starting to set in :-). Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . That's a completely different question. Greg Maxey has something that may help. http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dave" wrote in message ... Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key. Shall we start over. I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc. When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really ugly. I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not. There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : Thx : : Dave : : : |
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: sniptcebob "would you post an excerpt? " : Great idea - turns out, tho, that when I paste the sample said marks : disappear. Can I attach a Word document on this list??? Probably too big. Try a screen shot (Print Screen) paste it into any graphics editor (Ms Paint), crop out all but a representative few lines, save as jpg. Should be pretty small. rs |
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Posting a picture of a document is pretty much useless. Attachments are not
permitted in the MS Communities; those posting with NNTP newsreaders can add attachments, but Communities readers won't see them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... : sniptcebob "would you post an excerpt? " : Great idea - turns out, tho, that when I paste the sample said marks : disappear. Can I attach a Word document on this list??? Probably too big. Try a screen shot (Print Screen) paste it into any graphics editor (Ms Paint), crop out all but a representative few lines, save as jpg. Should be pretty small. rs |
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You can find any character using its ANSI or UNICODE number in the search
tool - see http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Dave wrote: JoAnn Paules - another good idea - But it looks like Greg's routine doesn't include the characters in question. sniptcebob "would you post an excerpt? " Great idea - turns out, tho, that when I paste the sample said marks disappear. Can I attach a Word document on this list??? snip"Nothing but calm on my end" Good snip"There is no such thing as a "backspace character". Well, OK, but I got pages of them BTW, I find none of these characters in my Word symbols library. Stark reality is starting to set in :-). Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . That's a completely different question. Greg Maxey has something that may help. http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dave" wrote in message ... Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key. Shall we start over. I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc. When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really ugly. I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not. There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news There is no such thing as a "backspace character". -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dave" wrote in message ... How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. Thx Dave |
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Oops. Oh, well.
Dave, under the circumstances I would try deleting everything at the end of each line. The wild card syntax in Word is very flexible. rs |
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The following macro will give the ANSI code of any selected character:
Sub ANSIValue() S1$ = "Because the selected text contains" S2$ = " characters, not all of the ANSI values will be displayed." S3$ = "ANSI Value (" S4$ = " characters in selection)" S5$ = " character in selection)" S6$ = "Text must be selected before this macro is run." S7$ = "ANSI Value" Dim strSel As String Dim strNums As String Dim LastFourChar As String Dim iPos As Integer strSel = Selection.Text If Len(strSel) 0 Then For i = 1 To Len(strSel) strNums = strNums + Str(Asc(Mid(strSel, i))) Next i strNums = LTrim(strNums) If Len(strNums) 255 Then LastFourChar = Mid(strNums, 252, 4) strNums = Left(strNums, 251) + Left(LastFourChar, _ 4 - InStr(" ", LastFourChar)) MsgBox S1$ + Str(Len(strSel)) + S2$ End If If Len(strSel) = 1 Then S4$ = S5$ MsgBox strNums, 0, S3$ + LTrim(Str(Len(strSel))) + S4$ Else MsgBox S6$, 0, S7$ End If End Sub -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Graham Mayor wrote: You can find any character using its ANSI or UNICODE number in the search tool - see http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm Dave wrote: JoAnn Paules - another good idea - But it looks like Greg's routine doesn't include the characters in question. sniptcebob "would you post an excerpt? " Great idea - turns out, tho, that when I paste the sample said marks disappear. Can I attach a Word document on this list??? snip"Nothing but calm on my end" Good snip"There is no such thing as a "backspace character". Well, OK, but I got pages of them BTW, I find none of these characters in my Word symbols library. Stark reality is starting to set in :-). Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . That's a completely different question. Greg Maxey has something that may help. http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dave" wrote in message ... Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key. Shall we start over. I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc. When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really ugly. I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not. There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news There is no such thing as a "backspace character". -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dave" wrote in message ... How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. Thx Dave |
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Well I must say this has been a learning experience. Bob, aka tcebob, has
come to my rescue, and gets first prize, by advising that the character I'm struggling with is a 'Manual line break' In retrospect, Suzanne comes in second, however tcebob's explanation was a complete treatise on what to do, not just another question.. Now before we start with the flames, let me remind you I posted this on the Newuser" site. I never said I knew what I was doing. Anyway, thank you all - ALL suggestions are appreciated - Dave - off and running. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Are you sure these aren't just ordinary line breaks? You can find those with ^l (lowercase L). See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dave" wrote in message ... Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key. Shall we start over. I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc. When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really ugly. I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not. There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : Thx : : Dave : : : |
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Finding a Backspace
Where did tcebob say anything about manual line breaks? All I see is a
suggestion that you look for character 008, that you post a sample (as a JPEG!), etc. I would have posted the link to http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm much earlier if JoAnn had not already posted a link to http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm. What I had not counted on was that Greg's page assumes you know what a line break looks like, which you obviously didn't; for more on this, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dave" wrote in message ... Well I must say this has been a learning experience. Bob, aka tcebob, has come to my rescue, and gets first prize, by advising that the character I'm struggling with is a 'Manual line break' In retrospect, Suzanne comes in second, however tcebob's explanation was a complete treatise on what to do, not just another question.. Now before we start with the flames, let me remind you I posted this on the Newuser" site. I never said I knew what I was doing. Anyway, thank you all - ALL suggestions are appreciated - Dave - off and running. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Are you sure these aren't just ordinary line breaks? You can find those with ^l (lowercase L). See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dave" wrote in message ... Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key. Shall we start over. I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc. When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really ugly. I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. Dave "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message ... Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not. There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it actually works. The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. rs "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message news : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : Thx : : Dave : : : |
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I asked Dave to send me a sample privately since attachments are verboten. I will post the
step-by-step if anyone wants. The original had manual line breaks throughout and every indent was done with a series of non-breaking spaces. There were miscellaneous non-breaking spaces throughout, just to make it interesting. rs "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... : Where did tcebob say anything about manual line breaks? All I see is a : suggestion that you look for character 008, that you post a sample (as a : JPEG!), etc. I would have posted the link to : http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm much earlier if JoAnn : had not already posted a link to : http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm. What I had not counted on was : that Greg's page assumes you know what a line break looks like, which you : obviously didn't; for more on this, see : http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm : : -- : Suzanne S. Barnhill : Microsoft MVP (Word) : Words into Type : Fairhope, Alabama USA : Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org : Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so : all may benefit. : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : Well I must say this has been a learning experience. Bob, aka tcebob, : has : come to my rescue, and gets first prize, by advising that the character : I'm : struggling with is a 'Manual line break' In retrospect, Suzanne comes in : second, however tcebob's explanation was a complete treatise on what to : do, : not just another question.. : : Now before we start with the flames, let me remind you I posted this on : the : Newuser" site. I never said I knew what I was doing. : : Anyway, thank you all - ALL suggestions are appreciated - : : Dave - off and running. : : : "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message : ... : Are you sure these aren't just ordinary line breaks? You can find those : with : ^l (lowercase L). See : http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm : : -- : Suzanne S. Barnhill : Microsoft MVP (Word) : Words into Type : Fairhope, Alabama USA : Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org : Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the : newsgroup : so : all may benefit. : : "Dave" wrote in message : ... : Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something : key. : Shall we start over. : : I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in, : unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP : is : a : problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My : duty : is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., : etc. : : When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line : ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. : Really : ugly. : : I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up. : : Dave : : : "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message : .. . : Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol : and : not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing. : : -- : : JoAnn Paules : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : "tcebob" handle @ gwi.net wrote in message : ... : Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't : know; : probably not. : There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I : can't : say how it : actually works. : : The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and : Selectrics, : together with line : feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these : characters and it was : fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down. : : rs : : : "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message : news : : There is no such thing as a "backspace character". : : : : -- : : : : JoAnn Paules : : MVP Microsoft [Publisher] : : : : : : : : : : "Dave" wrote in message : : ... : : How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I : don't : see : : how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot. : : : : Thx : : : : Dave : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : |
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"Dave" wrote in message ...I never said I knew what I was doing... Comparatively, Dave, none of us does! It's all a great learning curve. It's just that some are higher on it. Cheers |
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