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A particular symbol unable to search and replaced in Word
I am able to search for words and symbols on the word application but there is a particular symbol that does not come up with results when I search. When I search for this symbol with words attached ...
WIth the selection in the Find what control, hold down the ALT key and type 0172 on the numeric keypad which will insert ¬ into that control. If you want to search for the symbol plus the word following it, insert the word after the ¬
If you want to delete the ¬ from before whatever words it appears before, run a macro containing the following code:
With ActiveDocument.Range
.Text = Replace(.Text, Chr(172), "")
End With
If that does not help can you provide a copy of document that contains the symbol and provide details of how you want the document changed.
Thank you, but since computers are not my best topic, i don't understand "run a macro containing the following code:"
- If you want to remove the ¬, you should be able to do it by inserting the ¬ into the Find what control of the Find and Replace dialog and insert a space into the Replace with control, or leave that control empty if you do not need a space in place of the ¬
