Finding a Backspace

[Dave]

How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see
how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.

Thx

Dave

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

There is no such thing as a "backspace character".

 

[tcebob]

Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know; probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't say how it
actually works.

The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics, together with line
feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these characters and it was
fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.

rs


: There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
:
: --
:
: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
:
:
:
:
: : > How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't see
: > how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
: >
: > Thx
: >
: > Dave
: >
:
:

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and not
a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.

 

[Dave]

Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key.
Shall we start over.

I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a
problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty
is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc.

When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really
ugly.

I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.

Dave

Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and
not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know;
probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't
say how it
actually works.

The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics,
together with line
feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these
characters and it was
fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.

rs


: There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
:
: --
:
: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
:
:
:
:
: : > How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't
see
: > how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
: >
: > Thx
: >
: > Dave
: >
:
:

 

[tcebob]

Dave, would you post an excerpt? A paragraph or two should do it.

Thanks,

rs

: Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key.
: Shall we start over.
:
: I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
: unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a
: problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty
: is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc.
:
: When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
: ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really
: ugly.
:
: I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.
:
: Dave
:
:
: : > Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and
: > not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.
: >
: > --
: >
: > JoAnn Paules
: > MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
: >
: >
: >
: >
: > : >> Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know;
: >> probably not.
: >> There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't
: >> say how it
: >> actually works.
: >>
: >> The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics,
: >> together with line
: >> feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these
: >> characters and it was
: >> fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.
: >>
: >> rs
: >>
: >>
: >> : >> : There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
: >> :
: >> : --
: >> :
: >> : JoAnn Paules
: >> : MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
: >> :
: >> :
: >> :
: >> :
: >> : : >> : > How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't
: >> see
: >> : > how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
: >> : >
: >> : > Thx
: >> : >
: >> : > Dave
: >> : >
: >> :
: >> :
: >>
: >>
: >
: >
:
:

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Nothing but calm on my end.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key.
Shall we start over.

I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a
problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty
is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc.

When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really
ugly.

I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.

Dave

Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and
not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know;
probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I
can't say how it
actually works.

The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics,
together with line
feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these
characters and it was
fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.

rs


: There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
:
: --
:
: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
:
:
:
:
: : > How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I
don't see
: > how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
: >
: > Thx
: >
: > Dave
: >
:
:

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

That's a completely different question. Greg Maxey has something that may
help.

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key.
Shall we start over.

I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a
problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty
is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc.

When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really
ugly.

I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.

Dave

Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and
not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know;
probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I
can't say how it
actually works.

The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics,
together with line
feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these
characters and it was
fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.

rs


: There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
:
: --
:
: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
:
:
:
:
: : > How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I
don't see
: > how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
: >
: > Thx
: >
: > Dave
: >
:
:

 

[Dave]

JoAnn Paules - another good idea - But it looks like Greg's routine doesn't
include the characters in question.

snip>tcebob "would you post an excerpt? "
Great idea - turns out, tho, that when I paste the sample said marks
disappear. Can I attach a Word document on this list???

snip>"Nothing but calm on my end"
Good

snip"There is no such thing as a "backspace character".

Well, OK, but I got pages of them

BTW, I find none of these characters in my Word symbols library.

Stark reality is starting to set in .

Dave

That's a completely different question. Greg Maxey has something that may
help.

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key.
Shall we start over.

I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is
a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My
duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc.,
etc.

When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really
ugly.

I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.

Dave

Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and
not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know;
probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I
can't say how it
actually works.

The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics,
together with line
feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these
characters and it was
fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.

rs


: There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
:
: --
:
: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
:
:
:
:
: : > How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I
don't see
: > how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
: >
: > Thx
: >
: > Dave
: >
:
:

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you sure these aren't just ordinary line breaks? You can find those with
^l (lowercase L). See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm

Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key.
Shall we start over.

I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is a
problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My duty
is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc.

When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really
ugly.

I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.

Dave

Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and
not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't know;
probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't
say how it
actually works.

The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics,
together with line
feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these
characters and it was
fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.

rs


: There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
:
: --
:
: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
:
:
:
:
: : > How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't
see
: > how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
: >
: > Thx
: >
: > Dave
: >
:
:

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Do they look like ¶?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

JoAnn Paules - another good idea - But it looks like Greg's routine
doesn't include the characters in question.

snip>tcebob "would you post an excerpt? "
Great idea - turns out, tho, that when I paste the sample said marks
disappear. Can I attach a Word document on this list???

snip>"Nothing but calm on my end"
Good

snip"There is no such thing as a "backspace character".

Well, OK, but I got pages of them

BTW, I find none of these characters in my Word symbols library.

Stark reality is starting to set in .

Dave

That's a completely different question. Greg Maxey has something that may
help.

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key.
Shall we start over.

I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is
a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My
duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc.,
etc.

When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really
ugly.

I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.

Dave


Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and
not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't
know; probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I
can't say how it
actually works.

The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics,
together with line
feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these
characters and it was
fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.

rs


: There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
:
: --
:
: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
:
:
:
:
: : > How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I
don't see
: > how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
: >
: > Thx
: >
: > Dave
: >
:
:

 

[tcebob]

: snip>tcebob "would you post an excerpt? "
: Great idea - turns out, tho, that when I paste the sample said marks
: disappear. Can I attach a Word document on this list???

Probably too big. Try a screen shot (Print Screen) paste it into any graphics editor (Ms
Paint), crop out all but a representative few lines, save as jpg. Should be pretty small.

rs

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Posting a picture of a document is pretty much useless. Attachments are not
permitted in the MS Communities; those posting with NNTP newsreaders can add
attachments, but Communities readers won't see them.

 

[Graham Mayor]

You can find any character using its ANSI or UNICODE number in the search
tool - see http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

JoAnn Paules - another good idea - But it looks like Greg's routine
doesn't include the characters in question.

snip>tcebob "would you post an excerpt? "
Great idea - turns out, tho, that when I paste the sample said marks
disappear. Can I attach a Word document on this list???

snip>"Nothing but calm on my end"
Good

snip"There is no such thing as a "backspace character".

Well, OK, but I got pages of them

BTW, I find none of these characters in my Word symbols library.

Stark reality is starting to set in .

Dave

That's a completely different question. Greg Maxey has something
that may help.

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something
key. Shall we start over.

I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this
OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the
sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it
with others, etc., etc.

When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really
ugly.

I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.

Dave


Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a
letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to
clarify what he/she is doing. --

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't
know; probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but
I can't say how it
actually works.

The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and
Selectrics, together with line
feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with
these characters and it was
fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.

rs


message There is no such thing as a "backspace character".

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I
don't see how to get the backspace character into the 'Find
What" slot. Thx

Dave

 

[tcebob]

Oops. Oh, well.

Dave, under the circumstances I would try deleting everything at the end of each line. The
wild card syntax in Word is very flexible.

rs

 

[Graham Mayor]

The following macro will give the ANSI code of any selected character:

Sub ANSIValue()
S1$ = "Because the selected text contains"
S2$ = " characters, not all of the ANSI values will be displayed."
S3$ = "ANSI Value ("
S4$ = " characters in selection)"
S5$ = " character in selection)"
S6$ = "Text must be selected before this macro is run."
S7$ = "ANSI Value"
Dim strSel As String
Dim strNums As String
Dim LastFourChar As String
Dim iPos As Integer
strSel = Selection.Text
If Len(strSel) > 0 Then
For i = 1 To Len(strSel)
strNums = strNums + Str(Asc(Mid(strSel, i)))
Next i
strNums = LTrim(strNums)
If Len(strNums) > 255 Then
LastFourChar = Mid(strNums, 252, 4)
strNums = Left(strNums, 251) + Left(LastFourChar, _
4 - InStr(" ", LastFourChar))
MsgBox S1$ + Str(Len(strSel)) + S2$
End If
If Len(strSel) = 1 Then S4$ = S5$
MsgBox strNums, 0, S3$ + LTrim(Str(Len(strSel))) + S4$
Else
MsgBox S6$, 0, S7$
End If
End Sub


--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

You can find any character using its ANSI or UNICODE number in the
search tool - see http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm

JoAnn Paules - another good idea - But it looks like Greg's routine
doesn't include the characters in question.

snip>tcebob "would you post an excerpt? "
Great idea - turns out, tho, that when I paste the sample said marks
disappear. Can I attach a Word document on this list???

snip>"Nothing but calm on my end"
Good

snip"There is no such thing as a "backspace character".

Well, OK, but I got pages of them

BTW, I find none of these characters in my Word symbols library.

Stark reality is starting to set in .

Dave

That's a completely different question. Greg Maxey has something
that may help.

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something
key. Shall we start over.

I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this
OP is a problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the
sender). My duty is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it
with others, etc., etc.

When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match.
Really ugly.

I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.

Dave


Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a
letter/number/symbol and not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to
clarify what he/she is doing. --

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't
know; probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but
I can't say how it
actually works.

The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and
Selectrics, together with line
feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with
these characters and it was
fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.

rs


message There is no such thing as a "backspace character".

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I
don't see how to get the backspace character into the 'Find
What" slot. Thx

Dave

 

[Dave]

Well I must say this has been a learning experience. Bob, aka tcebob, has
come to my rescue, and gets first prize, by advising that the character I'm
struggling with is a 'Manual line break' In retrospect, Suzanne comes in
second, however tcebob's explanation was a complete treatise on what to do,
not just another question..

Now before we start with the flames, let me remind you I posted this on the
Newuser" site. I never said I knew what I was doing.

Anyway, thank you all - ALL suggestions are appreciated -

Dave - off and running.

Are you sure these aren't just ordinary line breaks? You can find those
with
^l (lowercase L). See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key.
Shall we start over.

I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is
a
problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My
duty
is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc.

When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really
ugly.

I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.

Dave

Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and
not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't
know;
probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't
say how it
actually works.

The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics,
together with line
feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these
characters and it was
fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.

rs


: There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
:
: --
:
: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
:
:
:
:
: : > How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't
see
: > how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
: >
: > Thx
: >
: > Dave
: >
:
:

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Where did tcebob say anything about manual line breaks? All I see is a
suggestion that you look for character 008, that you post a sample (as a
JPEG!), etc. I would have posted the link to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm much earlier if JoAnn
had not already posted a link to
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm. What I had not counted on was
that Greg's page assumes you know what a line break looks like, which you
obviously didn't; for more on this, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

Well I must say this has been a learning experience. Bob, aka tcebob, has
come to my rescue, and gets first prize, by advising that the character I'm
struggling with is a 'Manual line break' In retrospect, Suzanne comes in
second, however tcebob's explanation was a complete treatise on what to do,
not just another question..

Now before we start with the flames, let me remind you I posted this on the
Newuser" site. I never said I knew what I was doing.

Anyway, thank you all - ALL suggestions are appreciated -

Dave - off and running.

Are you sure these aren't just ordinary line breaks? You can find those
with
^l (lowercase L). See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something key.
Shall we start over.

I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP is
a
problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My
duty
is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc., etc.

When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match. Really
ugly.

I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.

Dave


Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol and
not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't
know;
probably not.
There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I can't
say how it
actually works.

The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and Selectrics,
together with line
feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these
characters and it was
fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.

rs


: There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
:
: --
:
: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
:
:
:
:
: : > How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I don't
see
: > how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
: >
: > Thx
: >
: > Dave
: >
:
:

 

[tcebob]

I asked Dave to send me a sample privately since attachments are verboten. I will post the
step-by-step if anyone wants. The original had manual line breaks throughout and every
indent was done with a series of non-breaking spaces. There were miscellaneous
non-breaking spaces throughout, just to make it interesting.

rs


: Where did tcebob say anything about manual line breaks? All I see is a
: suggestion that you look for character 008, that you post a sample (as a
: JPEG!), etc. I would have posted the link to
: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm much earlier if JoAnn
: had not already posted a link to
: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm. What I had not counted on was
: that Greg's page assumes you know what a line break looks like, which you
: obviously didn't; for more on this, see
: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm
:
: --
: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
:
: Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
: all may benefit.
:
: : > Well I must say this has been a learning experience. Bob, aka tcebob,
: has
: > come to my rescue, and gets first prize, by advising that the character
: I'm
: > struggling with is a 'Manual line break' In retrospect, Suzanne comes in
: > second, however tcebob's explanation was a complete treatise on what to
: do,
: > not just another question..
: >
: > Now before we start with the flames, let me remind you I posted this on
: the
: > Newuser" site. I never said I knew what I was doing.
: >
: > Anyway, thank you all - ALL suggestions are appreciated -
: >
: > Dave - off and running.
: >
: >
: > : > > Are you sure these aren't just ordinary line breaks? You can find those
: > > with
: > > ^l (lowercase L). See
: > > http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm
: > >
: > > --
: > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > > Words into Type
: > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
: >
: > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
: newsgroup
: > > so
: > > all may benefit.
: > >
: > > : > >> Let's all remain calm everybody, the OP forgot to mention something
: key.
: > >> Shall we start over.
: > >>
: > >> I am the lucky recipient of a very lengthy report contained in,
: > >> unfortunately not attached to, an email message (if you think this OP
: is
: > >> a
: > >> problem you should be so lucky as to be working with the sender). My
: > >> duty
: > >> is to edit this doc extensively, then combine it with others, etc.,
: etc.
: > >>
: > >> When you C/P from the email into Word, you get a zillion line
: > >> ending/backspace/paragraph characters, with formatting to match.
: Really
: > >> ugly.
: > >>
: > >> I was hoping there was a way to find/replace to clean this mess up.
: > >>
: > >> Dave
: > >>
: > >>
: > >> : > >> > Okay. I was thinking more along the lines of a letter/number/symbol
: and
: > >> > not a command. Perhaps the OP needs to clarify what he/she is doing.
: > >> >
: > >> > --
: > >> >
: > >> > JoAnn Paules
: > >> > MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
: > >> >
: > >> >
: > >> >
: > >> >
: > >> > : > >> >> Well, actually, there is. (008) But whether Word uses it, I don't
: > >> >> know;
: > >> >> probably not.
: > >> >> There is an overtype format for making overlines and so forth but I
: > > can't
: > >> >> say how it
: > >> >> actually works.
: > >> >>
: > >> >> The backspace used to work fine on dot matrix printers and
: Selectrics,
: > >> >> together with line
: > >> >> feed (without carriage return). I programmed some tables with these
: > >> >> characters and it was
: > >> >> fun to watch the printer jog back and forth, up and down.
: > >> >>
: > >> >> rs
: > >> >>
: > >> >>
: > >> >> : > >> >> : There is no such thing as a "backspace character".
: > >> >> :
: > >> >> : --
: > >> >> :
: > >> >> : JoAnn Paules
: > >> >> : MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
: > >> >> :
: > >> >> :
: > >> >> :
: > >> >> :
: > >> >> : : > >> >> : > How can I do a Find and Replace on the backspace character?. I
: > > don't
: > >> >> see
: > >> >> : > how to get the backspace character into the 'Find What" slot.
: > >> >> : >
: > >> >> : > Thx
: > >> >> : >
: > >> >> : > Dave
: > >> >> : >
: > >> >> :
: > >> >> :
: > >> >>
: > >> >>
: > >> >
: > >> >
: > >>
: > >>
: > >
: >
: >
:

 

[Guest]

...I never said I knew what I was doing...

Comparatively, Dave, none of us does! It's all a great learning curve. It's
just that some are higher on it.

Cheers