Microsoft KB Archive/76292

= Works: Which Symbols to Type to Find/Replace Special Characters =

Article ID: 76292

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Works 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 4.5 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 4.5a
 * Microsoft Works 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 4.0a

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SUMMARY
This article shows you which symbols to type to find and replace special characters in Microsoft Works.  To Find or Replace              Type --

Tab mark                        ^t Paragraph mark                  ^p End-of-line mark                ^n Manual page break mark          ^d Non-breaking space               ^s Optional hyphen                 ^- Non-breaking hyphen              ^~ Caret (^)                       ^^ Question mark (?)               ^? *page*                          ^2 *filename*                      ^5 Any ASCII character             ^# (# is the ASCII number) White space                     ^w Any character                    ?



MORE INFORMATION
White space (^w) is defined by one or more spaces (including non-breaking spaces) and tabs.

A question mark (?) can be used to find different words with similar spellings. For example, &quot;Anders?n&quot; will find both &quot;Andersen&quot; and &quot;Anderson&quot;.

To find any white space, punctuation, and numbers between words, do the following:


 * 1) On the Edit menu, click Replace.
 * 2) In the Find What text box, enter a question mark.
 * 3) In Works for Windows 95, select the Find Whole Words Only check box.

In Works 3.0, select the Match Whole Word Only check box.

