Search and Replace
SUMMARY
You can use the following control codes and special characters in Microsoft Word with the Find and
Replace commands on the Edit menu (the Search menu in versions 1.x).
MORE INFORMATION
NOTE: The caret character (^) must be typed. The caret is created by pressing SHIFT+6. (Don't
confuse this symbol with the CTRL key.)
Characters String Matches ----------------------------------------
^1 Picture (Except pictures with Float Over Text property, Word 98
Macintosh Edition)
^2 Auto-referenced footnotes
^3 Word 1.x: Footnote separator all other versions of Word: this
control character is not used
^5 Annotation mark
^9 Tab
^10 Word 1.x: Linefeed all other versions of Word: this control
character is not used
^11 New line
^12 Page OR section break
^13 Carriage return
^14 Column break
^19 Opening field brace (when the field braces are visible)
^21 Closing field brace (when the field braces are visible) ? Word
1.x: Any single character (not valid in the Replace box) all other
versions of Word: Question Mark
^? Word 1.x - Word 2.x: Question mark Word 6.x and later: Any
single character (not valid in the Replace box)
^- Optional hyphen
^~ Non-breaking hyphen
^^ Caret character
^# Word 6.x and later: Any digit
^$ Word 6.x and later: Any letter
