I want to find specific text and replace the same text adding two hard
returns. How do I do that? I cannot find the command to do it in the format
or special character box.

In the "Replace with" box, type:

^&^p^p

&p is the code for a paragraph break; ^& is the code for "Find What Text,"
that is, the text you were searching for and found. These codes are
available via the Special button when the insertion point is in the "Replace
with" box.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Shezageek" wrote in message
...
I want to find specific text and replace the same text adding two hard
returns. How do I do that? I cannot find the command to do it in the
format
or special character box.

Thanks. It did not give me the desired results, but I will study these codes
and try it until it does. I appreciate your response.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In the "Replace with" box, type:

^&^p^p

&p is the code for a paragraph break; ^& is the code for "Find What Text,"
that is, the text you were searching for and found. These codes are
available via the Special button when the insertion point is in the "Replace
with" box.

--
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.

"Shezageek" wrote in message
...
I want to find specific text and replace the same text adding two hard
returns. How do I do that? I cannot find the command to do it in the
format
or special character box.

You can equally well add ^p^p to the specific text. For example, if you are
searching for the word "book," then you would put "book" (without the
quotation marks) in the "Find what" box and "book^p^p" (without the
quotation marks) in the "Replace with" box. You may well need to check the
box for "Whole words only," and make sure you don't have "Use wildcards"
checked.

--
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.

"Shezageek" wrote in message
...
Thanks. It did not give me the desired results, but I will study these
codes
and try it until it does. I appreciate your response.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In the "Replace with" box, type:

^&^p^p

^p is the code for a paragraph break; ^& is the code for "Find What
Text,"
that is, the text you were searching for and found. These codes are
available via the Special button when the insertion point is in the
"Replace
with" box.

--
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.

"Shezageek" wrote in message
...
I want to find specific text and replace the same text adding two hard
returns. How do I do that? I cannot find the command to do it in the
format
or special character box.

For further reading on more advanced searches see
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm (though Suzanne's
suggestion is not in fact a wildcard search)

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Shezageek wrote:
Thanks. It did not give me the desired results, but I will study
these codes and try it until it does. I appreciate your response.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In the "Replace with" box, type:

^&^p^p

&p is the code for a paragraph break; ^& is the code for "Find What
Text," that is, the text you were searching for and found. These
codes are available via the Special button when the insertion point
is in the "Replace with" box.

--
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.

"Shezageek" wrote in message
...
I want to find specific text and replace the same text adding two
hard returns. How do I do that? I cannot find the command to do
it in the format or special character box.