1. you have cross-posted this. http://www.vbaexpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45553

For cross-posting etiquette, please read: http://www.excelguru.ca/content.php?184

2. you are not even giving the same information that you (eventually) posted elsewhere - i.e. you want to use special characters

And just to reiterate, yes you are correct the find dialog acts a little bit differently in 2010 - go figure. The Find Next (which gets you the Enter action you want) does not appear to be the same. In pre-2010 the Next button has the default focus; 2010 does not.

You are going to have to live with it. Use a userform and try to code the actions you want.