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How do I delete strange characters from a document.
Hi.
I have been using MS Word since Win 95 and never seen these characters before: and am wondering what they are for and how to delete them from a document. I believe the first dot is a space character. I have tried to highlight them so as to delete them, but to no avail. They are used throughout the document I am trying to edit and can find no reference anywhere. I could make a new document and cut and paste the text, but being a large document, it would take some time. Thanks for ant suggestions, folks. |
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Hi all.
Well, after posting, I found a solution under 'Similar Threads' It appears that, since I had copied the document from the internet, it turns out that these characters are used in tables in HTML. I followed the instructions in the above Similar Thread and cut and pasted the characters in Edit>Replace All and each character was deleted all in one go. Surprising what you learn after using Word and HTML after nearly 20 years! |
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