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Old 03-01-2021, 11:16 PM
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​Youtube uses a special character to separate username and comments during live events. I need to find and replace this special character for something else while I'm editing comments in word. This special character couldn't be printed here so, I attached a very small image file showing it.
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Can you post that document extract?
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Here is from Nonprinting Formatting Marks:
The character that Word calls “No-Width Optional Break” corresponds to the Unicode character 200C, “Zero Width Non-Joiner.” Both this character and U200B, “Zero Width Space,” are represented by a rectangle enclosing an open rectangle:
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You helped me a lot. With your information I found a way to search and replace the the "Unicode Character 'Zero Width Space' (U+200B).
I opened the search and replace (Ctrl + H) and typed (using the numeral keyboard): Alt+8203 on the search box and the character to be replace in the replace box.
Worked like a breeze.
I also found more info in: Unicode Character 'ZERO WIDTH SPACE' (U+200B)
It will save me hundreds of hours if I had to find one by one and replace by hand.

Could you help me to understand what you mean to document extract?
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