Article ID: 76292
Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006
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
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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, "Anders?n" will find both "Andersen" and "Anderson".
To find any white space, punctuation, and numbers between words, do the following:
- On the Edit menu, click Replace.
- In the Find What text box, enter a question mark.
- 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.
REFERENCES
For more information about this topic in Works, see your Works printed documentation or online help.
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