No problem, Joel, I didn't take it that way <G> At this moment you'll probably have already received Dian's message with the URL to her excellent explanation of handling special characters. You don't type the character code on the Find box, you put the cursor in the "Find" box, then you must press and hold down the left Alt key and type the code in the numeric keypad, this will type the actual character in the cursor position. Alternatively, you can find the character in the Character Map, select and copy it, and then paste it into the "Find" box. Wilson At 14:28 19/9/2005,Joel Rosenthal wrote: >I'm sorry. Re-reading my post, I realize that I must have seemed like a >jerk. > >I still don't see how you can add the codes in the Find box. I successfully >searched for a special character only by inserting that character into the >document and copying and pasting into the Find dialog. But it I type the >character code directly in the Find box, all I'll be able to find is the >code, not the character I'm searching for. What am I missing? > >- >Hi Joel, >I read all the responses on this list, but when Dian's post reached me I had >already sent my email. The Web has those vagaries <G> Use the "Find" dialog, >and enter the character codes on the appropriate box either by using the >numeric pad on the keyboard or by using the Character Map utility provided >by Windows. I presumed James already knew this. >Wilson ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************