How to find lines of text? Word 365

You can include carriage returns in a Find entry.
e.g.

This is my sample text.
In which I want to find something or other.

And my Find term is

Code:

text.^pIn

which successfully finds the sample text I coloured red above.



You can find out about other special characters in Find expressions using Word Help.


I do not know what the meaning of your diagrams is.


All the best,
Denis

In the Find and/or Find and Replace window > More>> > Special

You can then either click on the char in the list to add it to your search criteria (at the place where your cursor is)

If you're looking for special chars not included in the above, find one, and copy and paste it into the search criteria, either standalone or added to some text that might already be there

8KMw said:

How to replace Special Characters in one Shot?

idgat said:

In the Find and/or Find and Replace window > More>> > Special

You can then either click on the char in the list to add it to your search criteria (at the place where your cursor is)

If you're looking for special chars not included in the above, find one, and copy and paste it into the search criteria, either standalone or added to some text that might already be there

The same applies for the Search field and the Relace field

8KMw said:

Is it possible for all Special Characters to be replaced with one Action? rather than a Replace for each Special Character.

Using following 24 types of special characters as example, how to avoid twenty-four Find and Replace?...

If you are using Microsoft Word then you would need a Word macro written in VBA in order to automate such a complex 'Find and Replace'.

Alternatively, outside of Word, a script using something like AutoHotkey (or, perhaps, PowerShell's 'Replace' method, although I've never used it with Word).

The use of both VBA and AHK (and PowerShell) are, IMO, probably best answered by more dedicated forums than TenForums here.

Hope this helps...

8KMw said:

Thanks, what I need to Find is a Ctrl-A from another Word Document.

I do not know what you mean by this.
Ctrl-A is a command not a piece of text to be found.

8KMw said:

Without coding, how to find such content containing control/special characters?

I think your requirements are so complex that coding or some specialist utility will be required.


Denis