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Grade21
Sep 16, 2024Copper Contributor
Hidden Symbol in Word; Cannot Find and Replace
When copying pasting from web pages or from Google email, I often encounter this weird symbol, imbedded in the document and only visible from the Show/Hide function. It creates an extra space in docu...
Charles_Kenyon
Sep 17, 2024Bronze Contributor
Try selecting and copying one of the characters. Then in Replace, paste into the Find What box.
If that does not work, try putting ^c in the Find What box.
Try pasting as plain text.
I suspect it is something that does not fit with your font.
- Grade21Sep 17, 2024Copper Contributor
Charles_Kenyon Thank you. I have tried this (Find/Replace a space character), but this is not a space, a non-breaking space or white space. It is something else that "Find" skips over. I have also tried to copy and paste the character in "Find/Replace" and it will not paste into the "Find" box.
- Charles_KenyonSep 17, 2024Bronze ContributorDid you try ^c?
Did you read the link?