[bksvol-discuss] Re: a listing of format characters

  • From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:42:29 -0500

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 ^&

 

 

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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

 

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