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What is this character?
What is the character that looks like a back arrow with a hook on it, and acts like a paragraph mark? (see attached).
I get these showing up often when I copy text. I want to eliminate them and can't figure out how to search for them. Can't paste them in the search field and can't find a character that matches them. Help? Thanks! Lrrryo Mac OS, Word for Mac 16 and 11 |
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It is the symbol for a line break. Search for ^l
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Thanks, but where on the keyboard do I find your "upside down" V? Tried the one which is cap 6, didn't work. Is there another character that goes with it like a capital "i" (cap eye)? Tried to paste yours and didn't work. Thx. Lrrryo |
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Type Alt+94 in the Find What box. Then type a lowercase “l” character.
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The one above the 6 should work. Do you have a non-English keyboard?
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The ^ and lowercase L worked, thanks! Not sure what Alt+94 does (even on Mac) |
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By typing Alt+94, you insert the HTML entity whose Unicode reference name is "CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT", or "SPACING CIRCUMFLEX".
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Robert, Thanks for the explanation, but doesn't work on my Mac. I get ª¢ when I type Alt and 94. If I try to add the +, it gives gibberish. However, problems solved, thanks! |
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The "+" in "Alt+94" means “at the same time”, i.e. press the Alt key, hold it down, ant type 94 on the numeric pad. But this is on Windows. I believe the Windows “Alt” key is called the “Option” key on a Mac. You might want to have a look at How to find and insert special characters in macOS | Macworld
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