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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 to it, it doesn't recognize it, neither word or the symbol. But when I search for the word without the symbol, the browser ignores that the symbol is in the text. I need assistance with this issue Please.
The symbol is: ¬
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 WithIf 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.
- Even though it is in Swedish, the symbols are the same as in English, and the principle is easy to translate.
- 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 ¬
