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How to insert a Symbol into the Find and Replace Function in Word
I am using Word 2000 SR1. I have very lengthy document in Encoded Text
format, with New Courier font. A symbol (small box-like) occurs throughout the document. It signifies quotation marks. When saved as a Word document the symbol remains. I want to change this symbol into New Courier quote marks. Since it occurs several thousand times in the document I do not wish to do it manually. I want to make the exchange automaticaly using Word's Find and Replace Function. However I find I cannot get the symbol into the Find box. I cannot copy from the text and then paste it into the box? Also the Insert Symbol function (either by clicking on Insert or using a Key code) will not put the symbol into the Find box. Help needed here. |
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Have you tried using Ctrl+c to copy and Ctrl+v to paste the symbol into the
Find what control? -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "EamonX1" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2000 SR1. I have very lengthy document in Encoded Text format, with New Courier font. A symbol (small box-like) occurs throughout the document. It signifies quotation marks. When saved as a Word document the symbol remains. I want to change this symbol into New Courier quote marks. Since it occurs several thousand times in the document I do not wish to do it manually. I want to make the exchange automaticaly using Word's Find and Replace Function. However I find I cannot get the symbol into the Find box. I cannot copy from the text and then paste it into the box? Also the Insert Symbol function (either by clicking on Insert or using a Key code) will not put the symbol into the Find box. Help needed here. |
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This doesn't work (for newsgroup_
"Doug Robbins" wrote: Have you tried using Ctrl+c to copy and Ctrl+v to paste the symbol into the Find what control? -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "EamonX1" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2000 SR1. I have very lengthy document in Encoded Text format, with New Courier font. A symbol (small box-like) occurs throughout the document. It signifies quotation marks. When saved as a Word document the symbol remains. I want to change this symbol into New Courier quote marks. Since it occurs several thousand times in the document I do not wish to do it manually. I want to make the exchange automaticaly using Word's Find and Replace Function. However I find I cannot get the symbol into the Find box. I cannot copy from the text and then paste it into the box? Also the Insert Symbol function (either by clicking on Insert or using a Key code) will not put the symbol into the Find box. Help needed here. |
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...aceSymbols.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. "EamonX1" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2000 SR1. I have very lengthy document in Encoded Text format, with New Courier font. A symbol (small box-like) occurs throughout the document. It signifies quotation marks. When saved as a Word document the symbol remains. I want to change this symbol into New Courier quote marks. Since it occurs several thousand times in the document I do not wish to do it manually. I want to make the exchange automaticaly using Word's Find and Replace Function. However I find I cannot get the symbol into the Find box. I cannot copy from the text and then paste it into the box? Also the Insert Symbol function (either by clicking on Insert or using a Key code) will not put the symbol into the Find box. Help needed here. |
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A trick is to create a very simple macro:
Tools Macro Record new macro Give your macro a name OK Edit Replace Put anything in the Find What field Replace All Stop the recording You should see where the character has to go. You can use this macro in future to Copy and Paste. "EamonX1" wrote: I am using Word 2000 SR1. I have very lengthy document in Encoded Text format, with New Courier font. A symbol (small box-like) occurs throughout the document. It signifies quotation marks. When saved as a Word document the symbol remains. I want to change this symbol into New Courier quote marks. Since it occurs several thousand times in the document I do not wish to do it manually. I want to make the exchange automaticaly using Word's Find and Replace Function. However I find I cannot get the symbol into the Find box. I cannot copy from the text and then paste it into the box? Also the Insert Symbol function (either by clicking on Insert or using a Key code) will not put the symbol into the Find box. Help needed here. |
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Your post was most helpful and I am working through the Article by Dave Rado
to solve the problem using Word. However in the meantime I found a simple solution to my immediate problem. I opened the document using WordPad and found that in Wordpad (as in Notepad - but not in Word 2000) it is possible to paste into the Find (and Replace) dialog box. So I was able to using Find and Replace (in Wordpad) to remove the unwanted symbol. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...aceSymbols.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. "EamonX1" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2000 SR1. I have very lengthy document in Encoded Text format, with New Courier font. A symbol (small box-like) occurs throughout the document. It signifies quotation marks. When saved as a Word document the symbol remains. I want to change this symbol into New Courier quote marks. Since it occurs several thousand times in the document I do not wish to do it manually. I want to make the exchange automaticaly using Word's Find and Replace Function. However I find I cannot get the symbol into the Find box. I cannot copy from the text and then paste it into the box? Also the Insert Symbol function (either by clicking on Insert or using a Key code) will not put the symbol into the Find box. Help needed here. |
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