Cheryl, You can find a list of the codes for Find and Replace in Word's Help info. I've pasted the info below. Gerald As specified, some codes work only if the Use wildcards option is on or off. Codes that work in the Find what or Replace with box To specify: Paragraph mark ( Type ^p or type ^13 ^p doesn't work in the Find what box when wildcards are on Tab character ( Type ^t or type ^9 ASCII character Type ^nnn, where nnn is the character code ANSI character Type ^0nnn, where 0 is zero and nnn is the character code Em dash ( - ) Type ^+ En dash ( - ) Type ^= Caret character Type ^^ Manual line break ( Type ^l or type ^11 Column break Type ^n or type ^14 Page or section break Type ^12 (when replacing, inserts a page break) Manual page break Type ^m ^m also finds or replaces section breaks when wildcards are on Nonbreaking space ( Type ^s Nonbreaking hyphen ( Type ^~ Optional hyphen ( Type ^- Code that works in the Find what box only (when wildcards are on) Picture or graphic (inline only) Type ^g Codes that work in the Find what box only (when wildcards are off) Any character Type ^? Any digit Type ^# Any letter Type ^$ Unicode character Type ^Unnnn where nnnn is the character code Picture or graphic (inline only) Type ^1 Footnote mark Type ^f or type ^2 Endnote mark Type ^e Field Type ^d Opening field brace (when field codes are visible) Type ^19 Closing field brace (when field codes are visible) Type ^21 Comment Type ^a or type ^5 Section break Type ^b Em space (Unicode) Type ^u8195 En space (Unicode) Type ^u8194 White space Type ^w (any combination of regular and nonbreaking spaces, and tab characters) Codes that work in the Replace with box only Windows Clipboard contents Type ^c Contents of the Find what box Type ^& _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cheryl fogle Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 1:54 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] a listing of format characters Hi, I thought it might be a good idea to list common format characters as a single tip on Jake's site (i.e. ^l hard return and ^p paragraph marker. Is there a list in microsoft word help files, or will I have to trust my less-than perfect computer knowledge? Thanks. Cheryl Fogle Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, University of New Mexico