Peter, If the AutoCorrect feature is turned on, Word replaces some of the things typed with something else. Most commonly this is used to correct common misspellings, but it also replaces three dots typed without spaces between them with an ellipsis, which is a single character. It sounds like the author of this document had the feature turned on. AutoCorrect doesn't work anywhere except within a document, so when you do your search and type in three dots, that's what is searched for, and ellipses aren't found. Instead, in the Find what area press Alt + Control + dot and the search will find ellipses. If you want to check or change the AutoCorrect setting, go to the Tools menu and choose AutoCorrect. Shift + Tab and you'll be on a checkbox; if it's checked, the facility is turned on. Uncheck it to turn the facility off. Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Bentley Sent: 08 January 2008 20:01 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Word Hello I'm using word 2000 but I suspect the same question would apply to the latter versions. I am trying to use the word find facility to locate ... strings. These are not found though they are in the document. I ticked the "whole word" options but this threw up the error message that only alphebetical strings canb be searched for using this option. How should I go about doing this please? Peter Bentley Click here <https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/wQw0zmjPoHdJTZGyOCrrhg== DEu90aC3efcVSYPeuFziVWelPG8UybJhkT3aGhiYlHTmrc8JYHhr0uSDwVOXeOQ8uLLrQ76n siViAZbnZPmCrZi+1ySSHTa5bgJR0w+!q!onfisZ1s8+r8M3HaDPja!wOkxGUv3gfHR8zK1Z ezmdt168W+L0i9E0hbcAV6OAuzMPd!WWo4QK!9LC> to report this email as spam. -- DISCLAIMER: NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. RNIB endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RNIB. RNIB Registered Charity Number: 226227 Website: http://www.rnib.org.uk This message has been scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl - www.blackspider.com ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq