Article: Q197855
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
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Keyword(s): word97
Last Modified: 17-JUN-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
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SUMMARY
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You can use the following control codes and special characters with the Find and
Replace commands on the Edit menu.
MORE INFORMATION
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NOTE: The caret character (^) must be typed. The caret is created by pressing
SHIFT+6. (Don't confuse this symbol with the CTRL key.)
Characters String Matches
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^1 Picture (Except pictures with Float Over Text
property)
^2 Auto-referenced footnotes
^5 Annotation mark
^9 Tab
^11 New line
^12 Page OR section break
^13 Carriage return
^14 Column break
^19 Opening field brace
(when the field braces are visible)
^21 Closing field brace
(when the field braces are visible)
? Question Mark
^? Any single character
(not valid in the Replace box)
^- Optional hyphen
^~ Non-breaking hyphen
^^ Caret character
^# Any digit
^$ Any letter
^& Contents of Find What box
(Replace box only)
^+ Em Dash (not valid in the Replace box)
^= En Dash (not valid in the Replace box)
^u8195 Em Space Unicode character value search
(not valid in the Replace box)
^u8194 En Space Unicode character value search
(not valid in the Replace box)
^a Comment
(not valid in the Replace box)
^b Section Break (not valid in the Replace box)
^c Replace with Clipboard contents (Replace box only)
^d Field
^e Endnote Mark (not valid in the Replace box)
^f Footnote Mark (not valid in the Replace box)
^g Graphic (Does not find graphics with the Float
Over Text property)
^l New line
^m Manual Page Break
^n Column break
^t Tab
^p Paragraph mark
^s Non-breaking space
^w White space (space, non-breaking space, tab; not valid
in the Replace box)
^nnn Where "n" is an ASCII character number
^0nnn Same as above, but uses ANSI characters (ALT+nnn PC only)
(Produces ASCII on Macintosh)
^unnnn Word 97 Unicode character search where "n" is a decimal
number corresponding to the Unicode character value.
NOTE: To search for a specific field, such as an XE (Index Entry) field, use the
following syntax:
^19<field name>
For more information about finding and replacing special characters, click the
Index tab in Help, and type:
special characters, finding
Double-click the selected topic to go to the "Examples of special characters and
document elements you can find and replace" topic.
Additional query words: ctrl key commands keystroke
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Keywords : word97
Technology : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
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Issue type : kbhowto
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