Microsoft KB Archive/211274

= WD2000: Can't Find Non-Printing Character with Wildcard Search =

Article ID: 211274

Article Last Modified on 12/6/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211274



SYMPTOMS
When you are in outline view (on the View menu, click Outline), if you select the Use wildcards option, a problem similar to one of the following may occur:

Case 1
If you search for paragraph marks, the following message appears:

You must switch to another view to search for paragraph marks.

Case 2
If you search for page breaks or section breaks, the following message appears:

Word has finished searching the document. The search item was not found.



RESOLUTION
Switch to a different view and search using the Use wildcards option. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) In the Find and Replace dialog box, click Cancel.
 * 2) On the View menu, click to select either Normal or Print Layout.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click either Find or Replace.
 * 4) Click either the Find tab or the Replace tab.
 * 5) Click the Use wildcards check box.
 * 6) With the insertion point in the Find what box, click Special and then click the character you want to search for.
 * 7) Click Find Next.

Keywords: kbfix kbprb KB211274

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