In Find & Replace, Carets Double When Code Pasted

[Rafael Montserrat]

OS 10.4.11
Ibook G4
1.5 GB Ram
Word 2004

Hi

In Find and replace, when I paste a code (?) for a non-printing character
such as a paragraph of a tab mark, where there's one caret ^ before the
paste, there will be two carets after the paste. This happens both when I
select>copy the 'find' characters, then paste them into the 'replace' box,
as well as when I select-copy in Stickies, and Paste into either the find or
the replace box. How can I fix this? As it is, I have to go into 'find
replace' and remove the extra carets manually.

Example: ^p^t^p^t ^^p^^t^^p^^t

Thanks

Rafael

PS Are these called 'code'? Are the characters called 'marks'?
Is the find box and the replace box called a 'box' or a 'window'?

 

[etcstgo]

Hi

In Find and replace, when I paste a code (?) for a non-printing character
such as a paragraph of a tab mark, where there's one caret ^ before the
paste, there will be two carets after the paste.

That has been the case for many years and through several versions. I
can't recall pasting carets into the Replace box ever acting any
differently.

I just learned to live with it. (God, I'm starting to speak like a
Microsoftie).

Patricio Mason
Santiago, Chile

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

That has been the case for many years and through several versions. I
can't recall pasting carets into the Replace box ever acting any
differently.

Word automatically "escapes" special characters when you paste them into
the Find/Replace dialogs, thinking you must really want to search for
"caret-p" as opposed to a paragraph mark. Carets aren't the only
character affected, IIRC.

Alternatively, instead of consulting your list and using copy and paste,
expand the Find dialog by clicking the blue triangle, and use the
Special menu to enter such codes.

Daiya

PS. It's a Find and Replace *dialog*, technically. "Paragraph mark" is
understood to mean the ¶ as opposed to the text within a paragraph, but
"tab mark" seems redundant, as there is only one thing that can be
understood as a "tab", I should think.

 

[CyberTaz]

The rationale (I believe) is that you're expected to be pasting in *literal*
characters. Since the carat is a *code* character another carat is added to
"nullify" the one you're pasting.