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Word 2003: Getting information about a blob character



 
 
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Old October 17th, 2009, 12:14 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Peter Rooney
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Default Word 2003: Getting information about a blob character

Sometimes a character can't display, so it appears as a black box.
Is there any way to learn the underlying ASCII or Unicode?
Related question: is there any way to cut it and paste it into the Find box
in order to do a Ctrl-H Replace?


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Old October 17th, 2009, 12:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Word 2003: Getting information about a blob character

If it's Unicode, then selecting it and pressing Alt+X will give you the
Unicode character number. You can use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to copy and paste it
into the Find and Replace dialog.

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"Peter Rooney" wrote in message
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Sometimes a character can't display, so it appears as a black box.
Is there any way to learn the underlying ASCII or Unicode?
Related question: is there any way to cut it and paste it into the Find
box in order to do a Ctrl-H Replace?



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Old October 17th, 2009, 10:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Terry Farrell
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Default Word 2003: Getting information about a blob character

Just to clarify: Suzanne advises using the keyboard to cut/copy/paste
because you cannot use the mouse to execute those functions in the F&R
dialog box.

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"Peter Rooney" wrote in message
...
Sometimes a character can't display, so it appears as a black box.
Is there any way to learn the underlying ASCII or Unicode?
Related question: is there any way to cut it and paste it into the Find
box in order to do a Ctrl-H Replace?

 




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