Delete symbols

[Fuzzhead]

I have WordPerfect converted documents that have numerous character code:
00A0 from Unicode(hex) throughout them. How can I convert them to just a
single space?

 

[Klaus Linke]

I have WordPerfect converted documents that have numerous character code:
00A0 from Unicode(hex) throughout them. How can I convert them to just a
single space?

Find what: ^s or ^0160 or ^u160 should all work.

If the file is from WordPerfect, the characters might be symbol fields
though...
so if it doesn't work, post back!

Regards,
Klaus

 

[Fuzzhead]

Hi Klaus,

The ^s worked. Thanks for the help.

Fuzzhead

 

[Klaus Linke]

The ^s worked. Thanks for the help.

Good to hear! Those converted WordPerfect symbols can be nasty.

BTW, should have mentioned that 160 is the decimal representation of
hexadecimal A0, and the character is usually (both in the old Windows code
pages and Unicode) the non-breaking space ^s.
Doesn't necessarily work or look like one in Symbol fonts like those WP
fonts though.

Klaus

 

[Fuzzhead]

Hi Klaus,

Is there somewhere to go to look up the different codes? I have another one
that the character code is 0024.

Fuzzhead

 

[Klaus Linke]

Quickest way, and without any tools:
You could type 24 into a document, then use Alt+X to toggle the code into
the corresponding character ($).
That works in the other direction, too, and even in dialogs like
Find/Replace.

There are code page tables for the old Windows code page 1252 like the one
from Wikipedia:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/sbcs/1252.mspx
Some show both the hexadecimal and decimal code:
http://www.kostis.net/charsets/cp1252.htm

You could also calculate the decimal code from the hex code (hex 24 = 2×16+4
= 36, so you could type Alt+36 to get $), or use the Windows calculator from
the accessories in scientific view.

Klaus

 

[Fuzzhead]

Thanks for the information. I have printed your responce out and will keeep
it for reference.

In my WordPerfect converted document they look like bullets and thats what
they should be. But the code says that they are dollar signs, very strange. I
might just have to do these by hand because I have dollar signs in some of
the documents that I don't want to change to bullets.

Thanks again for your help.

Fuzzhead

 

[Klaus Linke]

Edward Mendelson has some macros to fix these symbols on his site that might
work, and some other info for converting WP documents:
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/wptoword.html

Good luck,
Klaus