Wildcard for non-printing characters Amy 06.07.2006 22:36:01 Hi, Is there one wildcard that would find all non-printing characters, such as spaces and tabs? Or do I need to do a find for each type of non-printing character? I am using Word 2003. I think Word 97 used to have ^w, but that does not seem to work in 2003. Thank you, Amy

Re: Wildcard for non-printing characters Russ <drsN0SPAMmikle[ at ]hotmailD0Tcom.INVALID> 06.07.2006 23:42:32 Amy, What you can use in "Find" textbox depends on whether the wildcards checkbox is checked or not. The "Special" drop down list actually changes because of that checkmark. If you can't see the "Special" button, you need to click on the big down arrowhead button at the lower left in the "Find and Replace" Dialog Window to expand it fully. ^w actually needs the wildcards option unchecked to work. Also the "Special" drop down list changes depending on whether the find or replace input textbox has focus. [Quoted Text] > Hi, Is there one wildcard that would find all non-printing characters, such > as spaces and tabs? Or do I need to do a find for each type of non-printing > character? I am using Word 2003. I think Word 97 used to have ^w, but that > does not seem to work in 2003. > > Thank you, Amy -- Russ drsmN0SPAMikleAThotmailD0Tcom.INVALID

Re: Wildcard for non-printing characters "Klaus Linke" <info[ at ]fotosatz-kaufmann.de> 07.07.2006 03:25:37 "Amy" <Amy[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, Is there one wildcard that would find all non-printing characters, > such > as spaces and tabs? Or do I need to do a find for each type of > non-printing > character? I am using Word 2003. I think Word 97 used to have ^w, but that > does not seem to work in 2003. > > Thank you, Amy Hi Amy, You can search for combinations of spaces, tabs, or non-breaking spaces: Find what: [^32^t^s]{1,} Regards, Klaus

Re: Wildcard for non-printing characters "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 07.07.2006 05:52:19 See http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Amy wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, Is there one wildcard that would find all non-printing > characters, such as spaces and tabs? Or do I need to do a find for > each type of non-printing character? I am using Word 2003. I think > Word 97 used to have ^w, but that does not seem to work in 2003. > > Thank you, Amy

Re: Wildcard for non-printing characters "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr[ at ]REMOVECAPSmvps.org> 07.07.2006 14:25:41 Spaces and tabs are actually printing characters as the printer does act upon them. I would call a non-printing character something that is ignored by the printer. Better if you tell us exactly what it is that you want to do. I can't imagine that you want to find the space between each word.<g> -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Amy" <Amy[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BDC6AC3D-0A07-4303-891B-BC7CE638073C[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, Is there one wildcard that would find all non-printing characters, > such > as spaces and tabs? Or do I need to do a find for each type of > non-printing > character? I am using Word 2003. I think Word 97 used to have ^w, but that > does not seem to work in 2003. > > Thank you, Amy