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Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box?
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No, there isn't, because a backspace isn't a character.
Tell us what you're trying to accomplish, and probably we can tell you how to do it. The answer may involve a wildcard search (http://gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org "Island Girl" wrote in message ... Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box? |
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No. What are you trying to accomplish? There may be another way.
-- 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. "Island Girl" wrote in message ... Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box? |
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Well, actually backspace is a character in the sense that it has an ASCII
code (though I've forgotten what it is). I wonder if it would be possible to enter it as an ASCII symbol. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... No, there isn't, because a backspace isn't a character. Tell us what you're trying to accomplish, and probably we can tell you how to do it. The answer may involve a wildcard search (http://gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org "Island Girl" wrote in message ... Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box? |
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To tell you the truth, it was an instance that occurred last week in which I
thought I needed a backspace in the Replace box and I made a note to ask you wonderful people how to do it. To save my life, I can't think of what the situation was right now--all I seem to remember now is the note to ask you. I will look back over things and get back with you. You will probably be able to show me another way. More later. "Island Girl" wrote: Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box? |
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ASCII 8 (he says, consulting his DOS QBASIC handbook! -- glad I didn't throw
it away) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, actually backspace is a character in the sense that it has an ASCII code (though I've forgotten what it is). I wonder if it would be possible to enter it as an ASCII symbol. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... No, there isn't, because a backspace isn't a character. Tell us what you're trying to accomplish, and probably we can tell you how to do it. The answer may involve a wildcard search (http://gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org "Island Girl" wrote in message ... Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box? |
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Were you the one who was trying to get an AutoCorrect entry to back up after
replacing text? -- 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. "Island Girl" wrote in message ... To tell you the truth, it was an instance that occurred last week in which I thought I needed a backspace in the Replace box and I made a note to ask you wonderful people how to do it. To save my life, I can't think of what the situation was right now--all I seem to remember now is the note to ask you. I will look back over things and get back with you. You will probably be able to show me another way. More later. "Island Girl" wrote: Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box? |
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Well, if I'd had time, I could have looked it up in an old printer manual,
too. g -- 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. "aalaan" wrote in message ... ASCII 8 (he says, consulting his DOS QBASIC handbook! -- glad I didn't throw it away) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, actually backspace is a character in the sense that it has an ASCII code (though I've forgotten what it is). I wonder if it would be possible to enter it as an ASCII symbol. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... No, there isn't, because a backspace isn't a character. Tell us what you're trying to accomplish, and probably we can tell you how to do it. The answer may involve a wildcard search (http://gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org "Island Girl" wrote in message ... Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box? |
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Maybe I should have said that the backspace *function* is not a
character. Yes, there's a backspace character with ASCII value 8. If you click to the right of a letter and type Alt+008, it will have the same effect as pressing the backspace key, deleting the character to the left. But if you try to use ^08 or ^008 in the Replace dialog, you just get a "no glyph" square box in place of whatever was in the Find box. If the intention is to delete the character to the left of the Find expression, I think that can be done with a wildcard expression. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:37:13 +1100, "aalaan" wrote: ASCII 8 (he says, consulting his DOS QBASIC handbook! -- glad I didn't throw it away) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, actually backspace is a character in the sense that it has an ASCII code (though I've forgotten what it is). I wonder if it would be possible to enter it as an ASCII symbol. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... No, there isn't, because a backspace isn't a character. Tell us what you're trying to accomplish, and probably we can tell you how to do it. The answer may involve a wildcard search (http://gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org "Island Girl" wrote in message ... Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box? |
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Don't normally have any time g. but just finished a book and waiting for
the next. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, if I'd had time, I could have looked it up in an old printer manual, too. g -- 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. "aalaan" wrote in message ... ASCII 8 (he says, consulting his DOS QBASIC handbook! -- glad I didn't throw it away) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Well, actually backspace is a character in the sense that it has an ASCII code (though I've forgotten what it is). I wonder if it would be possible to enter it as an ASCII symbol. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... No, there isn't, because a backspace isn't a character. Tell us what you're trying to accomplish, and probably we can tell you how to do it. The answer may involve a wildcard search (http://gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org "Island Girl" wrote in message ... Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box? |
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That was not I, Suzanne.
And I'm still trying to piece together the situation in which I thought I needed a backspace. I do remember, though, that there was an automatic number and tab involved in it somewhere. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Were you the one who was trying to get an AutoCorrect entry to back up after replacing text? -- 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. "Island Girl" wrote in message ... To tell you the truth, it was an instance that occurred last week in which I thought I needed a backspace in the Replace box and I made a note to ask you wonderful people how to do it. To save my life, I can't think of what the situation was right now--all I seem to remember now is the note to ask you. I will look back over things and get back with you. You will probably be able to show me another way. More later. "Island Girl" wrote: Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box? |
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In case it helps, you don't have to have a tab after an automatic number:
Word gives you a choice of tab, space, or nothing. -- 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. "Island Girl" wrote in message ... That was not I, Suzanne. And I'm still trying to piece together the situation in which I thought I needed a backspace. I do remember, though, that there was an automatic number and tab involved in it somewhere. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Were you the one who was trying to get an AutoCorrect entry to back up after replacing text? -- 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. "Island Girl" wrote in message ... To tell you the truth, it was an instance that occurred last week in which I thought I needed a backspace in the Replace box and I made a note to ask you wonderful people how to do it. To save my life, I can't think of what the situation was right now--all I seem to remember now is the note to ask you. I will look back over things and get back with you. You will probably be able to show me another way. More later. "Island Girl" wrote: Is there a way to indicate a backspace in the Replace dialog box? |
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