Unexpected Results When Using Find or Replace
  
PSS ID Number: Q100602
Article last modified on 03-07-1997
 

 

 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Word versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.1
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SUMMARY
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When using the Find or Replace commands (Find or Change in Word 4.0),
unexpected results may occur. This may happen when the Show Hidden
Text setting (under Tools, Preferences, View category; or Edit,
Preferences in Word 4.0) is turned off. Text strings in the document
that contain hidden characters will be highlighted if the hidden
characters are included in the Find What text box, even though the
hidden characters do not show.
 
For instance, the index entry "test" in the following sentence has
hidden characters .i. and ; surrounding it (designated with the
underline).
 
   This is a .i.test;.
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With Show Hidden Text turned off, the sentence looks like this:
 
   This is a test.
 
If the Find/Replace (Find/Change in Word 4.0), Find What text box
contains "a .i.test" (without the quotation marks), Word will
highlight "a test". If the Find/Replace, Find What box contains "a
test" (without the quotation marks), Word will not find the search
criteria.
 
To help make Find/Replace (Find/Change in Word 4.0) easier to
understand when working with hidden text, Microsoft recommends that
you turn on the Show Hidden Text option.
 
References:
 
Microsoft Word User's Guide, version 5.0/5.1 page 236
 
Reference to Microsoft Word, version 4.0  pages 57-60
 
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