Microsoft KB Archive/27953

List of Special Characters for Search and Replace Commands

PSS ID Number: Q27953 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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The following is a list of special search and replace text characters for Microsoft Word:

Character Meaning ——— ——-

^w White space. Searches for any number and combination of spaces, tab and newline characters, paragraph marks, division marks, forced page breaks, and nonbreaking spaces. The ^w special character cannot be used in the “with text:” field.

^s Nonbreaking space.

^t Tab character.

^p Paragraph mark.

^n Newline character.

^- Optional hyphen.

^d Division mark or page break character.

^^ Caret.

^? Question mark (?).

?              Any character. KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: Additional reference words:

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