How to find Symbols

Hi again,

Sorry you have such a bad time :-/

You can copy/paste the symbol into "Find what"
(Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V).


This didn't work for me.

Sorry, my fault. It doesn't work in Word2000.

To find any symbol (non-Unicode) character, you can
use a wildcard search for
.Text = "[" & ChrW(&HF021) & "-" & _
ChrW(&HF0FF) & "]"
[...]
This works because Word uses codes between U+F021
and U+F0FF for "decorative"/symbol fonts.

I tried this in the macro. But it didn't find any symbols.
(The cursor doesn't move from its position when I run
the macro, though there are symbols present ahead in the
text to be found). Just to test that my macro is correct
otherwise, I tried replacing the .Text line with some
normal text, and it worked fine.

You used
.MatchWildcards = True
in your macro? It's a wildcard search...

It's very cumbersome to type it in the "Find what:"
box in the user dialog,
though it can be done:
You need "[x-y]" without the quotes in "Find what:",
and instead of "x" type "Alt+61473",
instead of "y" type "Alt+61695".
(hold Alt-key, and type the number on the numeric
keypad on the right side of the keyboard)

Those two characters should display in Wingdings, as a
pencil and as a "Windows flag".

Yes, the pencil symbol and Flag symbol correctly
displayed in the Find box, but the result of Find is
the same..., it gives no results.

That still baffles me. It definitely works here (Word2000/Win98).
Again, is "Match wildcards" checked in the dialog?

You can also get the decimal code from the "Insert Symbol" dialog:
Select the Wingdings character, open the dialog, and click on "Shortcut
key".
The code should show under "Description" -- for example, "Wingdings:
61537".
You can then use ^u61537 in "Find what:" (not using wildcards this time).

I still hope you get something going to find those symbols!

fingers crossed
Klaus

It has worked this time !!!
Thanks Klaus, it is working now. Sorry, I missed the
important thing that I need to use "Wildcard" search,
though you mentioned it in previous reply.

You used
.MatchWildcards = True
in your macro? It's a wildcard search...

[....]

You need "[x-y]" without the quotes in "Find what:",
and instead of "x" type "Alt+61473",
instead of "y" type "Alt+61695".
(hold Alt-key, and type the number on the numeric
keypad on the right side of the keyboard)

[....]

That still baffles me. It definitely works here
(Word2000/Win98).
Again, is "Match wildcards" checked in the dialog?


Both these now worked for me, and my problem is solved
now. Thanks a lot for your suggestions and patience.