Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Peter Rooney Peter  Rooney is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 10
Default Word 2003: Getting information about a blob character

Sometimes a character can't display, so it appears as a black box.
Is there any way to learn the underlying ASCII or Unicode?
Related question: is there any way to cut it and paste it into the Find box
in order to do a Ctrl-H Replace?


  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill Suzanne S. Barnhill is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 33,624
Default Word 2003: Getting information about a blob character

If it's Unicode, then selecting it and pressing Alt+X will give you the
Unicode character number. You can use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to copy and paste it
into the Find and Replace dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter Rooney" wrote in message
...
Sometimes a character can't display, so it appears as a black box.
Is there any way to learn the underlying ASCII or Unicode?
Related question: is there any way to cut it and paste it into the Find
box in order to do a Ctrl-H Replace?



  #3   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Terry Farrell Terry Farrell is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,904
Default Word 2003: Getting information about a blob character

Just to clarify: Suzanne advises using the keyboard to cut/copy/paste
because you cannot use the mouse to execute those functions in the F&R
dialog box.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Peter Rooney" wrote in message
...
Sometimes a character can't display, so it appears as a black box.
Is there any way to learn the underlying ASCII or Unicode?
Related question: is there any way to cut it and paste it into the Find
box in order to do a Ctrl-H Replace?

Reply
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
why is my text typing on itself to make a big black blob? Lindsey Microsoft Word Help 1 October 26th 07 06:54 AM
What does the non printing character [] in word 2003 do? tom Microsoft Word Help 1 June 20th 06 03:08 PM
user information character limit ivory_kitten Microsoft Word Help 10 March 6th 06 10:32 PM
Can I attach a hidden blob to a Word document Alex Microsoft Word Help 2 December 7th 05 03:09 PM
pasting e-mail to Word results in one big blob! Nonalphanumeric Character-Challenged Microsoft Word Help 1 July 15th 05 05:38 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 01:28 PM.

Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Microsoft Office Word Forum - WordBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Word"