

In a sentence, the Em Dash could be used instead of parentheses, commas, colons, or quotation marks.Ī medium-sized dash used to show number and date rangesįind an Endnote mark that links to a later Endnote.įind a Word field. Use the Search box (right) or sort the columns to find the code / character you want.Īny single character, such as a number, letter or symbol.įind the caret (^) symbol, single ^ symbol is used as a prefix for special finds.Ĭreates a hard break in the inserted location, like a page break or section break, and compels the rest of the content to appear in the next column Two of these symbols only work in the “Replace with …” field. For example use ^+ in find instead of an Em-dash “-”. Text symbols – an easy way to find some special symbols instead of hunting down the actual character. These codes only work in ‘Find what’, not Replace. You read that right, the ‘Use Wildcards’ option in Advanced Find really means ‘Use Regular Expressions’. Wildcard – find one or more letters, numbers or symbols when ‘Use Wildcards’ is OFF. Word special codes – find the hidden marks Word puts in a document for formatting, such as the end of a paragraph or line. Here’s a complete list of all the special ^ codes used in Word Find and Replace.
