HI Jill, I'd try replacing "space dash w" with "space w". Also "Quotation mark dash w" with "quotation mark w" with the appropriate case sensitivity. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jill O'Connell Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:29 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] find and replace I have been scanning a book where many, but not all, the letter w looks to Kurzweil as though there is a dash in front of it. Could one of you scanners or proofreaders who is braver than I tell me how you would replace this. I haven't been able to figure out something I think would be foolproof. TIA Jill To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.