Microsoft KB Archive/22276

Replacing Paragraph Marks

PSS ID Number: Q22276 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

3.x

MS-DOS

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When pressing RETURN at the end of a paragraph, and Options/ visible is set to “Partial” or “Complete”, do the following:

When RETURN is pressed at the end of a paragraph, this places a CR/LF combination in the text. When Options/visible is set to “Partial” or “Complete”, Word displays the CR/LF combination with the IBM character whose ASCII value is 20 (decimal), which is the paragraph mark. When you use “^p” to search for these return marks, you’re looking for the true CR/LF combination, not the ASCII 20 character.

Other word processors, e.g. Volkswriter, may embed the ASCII 20 character in the document, which in Word will appear on the screen exactly as the CR/LF appears; i.e., a paragraph mark. To search for the ASCII 20 character, you must enter this character as an ALT 20 in the appropriate search field.

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