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Old 12-30-2020, 06:50 AM
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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.



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Old 12-30-2020, 09:05 AM
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It is the symbol for a line break. Search for ^l
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Old 12-30-2020, 09:17 AM
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It is the symbol for a line break. Search for ^l

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.


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Old 12-30-2020, 09:48 AM
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Type Alt+94 in the Find What box. Then type a lowercase “l” character.
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Old 12-30-2020, 11:31 AM
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The one above the 6 should work. Do you have a non-English keyboard?
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Old 12-30-2020, 11:37 AM
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Type Alt+94 in the Find What box. Then type a lowercase “l” character.

The ^ and lowercase L worked, thanks!


Not sure what Alt+94 does (even on Mac)
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Old 12-30-2020, 11:59 AM
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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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Old 12-31-2020, 01:23 PM
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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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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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Old 12-31-2020, 01:55 PM
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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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