(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:25 pm
Post subject: Getting rid of a weird character Archived from groups: microsoft>public>word>customization>menustoolbars (more info?)
I'm working on some Japanese text that has been transliterated into English. What I
received has a chracter that looks like a hyphen with a downward stroke at the end. I
believe it is a non-printing character. I can find it in my character map and insert one,
but I cannot copy and paste it into the find/replace box. I want to delete all these
characters. I believe they represent an accent mark, which is not needed in Japanese
Romanji.
Perhaps the hyphen with the downward stroke at the end is used to represent some kind of a
non-printing chracter. Like the pilcrow, I can keyboard it in. Like the pilcrow, I
cannot do a find/replace. There must be a way!
(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:01 am
Post subject: Re: Getting rid of a weird character [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Locate the character in the character map and verify its Unicode number.
This will be a four digit number (or numbers and letters) after u+ in the
status bar of the character map dialog.
Open the Windows Calculator and change the view to Scientific.
Check the Hex radio button
Enter the four digit number.
Check the Dec radio button and record the resulting four digit number.
In the Word replace tool (CTRL+H) enter ^u#### where #### is that four digit
number
Replace with nothing.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
Fishy wrote:
> I'm working on some Japanese text that has been transliterated into
> English. What I received has a character that looks like a hyphen
> with a downward stroke at the end. I believe it is a non-printing
> character. I can find it in my character map and insert one, but I
> cannot copy and paste it into the find/replace box. I want to delete
> all these characters. I believe they represent an accent mark, which
> is not needed in Japanese Romanji.
>
> Perhaps the hyphen with the downward stroke at the end is used to
> represent some kind of a non-printing character. Like the pilcrow, I
> can keyboard it in. Like the pilcrow, I cannot do a find/replace.
> There must be a way!
>
> I'm using Word XP.
(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:01 am
Post subject: Re: Getting rid of a weird character [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
That worked perfectly! By the way, the SYMBOL dialog allows a user to choose either the
Unicode hex number or the ASCII decimal number. I noticed that the ASCII number--172, was
the same as the reuslt I got using the calculator. I did not enter a leading zero.
It found and replaced everything.
I *never* would have figured that one out on my own; I don't understand how it works; and
I'm *really* happy. Thank you!
<*(((><
Fishy Lives!
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:08:54 +0200, "Graham Mayor" <gmayor RemoveThis @REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote:
>Locate the character in the character map and verify its Unicode number.
>This will be a four digit number (or numbers and letters) after u+ in the
>status bar of the character map dialog.
>
>Open the Windows Calculator and change the view to Scientific.
>
>Check the Hex radio button
>
>Enter the four digit number.
>
>Check the Dec radio button and record the resulting four digit number.
>
>In the Word replace tool (CTRL+H) enter ^u#### where #### is that four digit
>number
>
>Replace with nothing.
>
>--
><>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>
>My web site www.gmayor.com >Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ><>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>
>
>Fishy wrote:
>> I'm working on some Japanese text that has been transliterated into
>> English. What I received has a character that looks like a hyphen
>> with a downward stroke at the end. I believe it is a non-printing
>> character. I can find it in my character map and insert one, but I
>> cannot copy and paste it into the find/replace box. I want to delete
>> all these characters. I believe they represent an accent mark, which
>> is not needed in Japanese Romanji.
>>
>> Perhaps the hyphen with the downward stroke at the end is used to
>> represent some kind of a non-printing character. Like the pilcrow, I
>> can keyboard it in. Like the pilcrow, I cannot do a find/replace.
>> There must be a way!
>>
>> I'm using Word XP.
>
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