Hi Friends!

I have long felt that the symbols that Word inserts via the insert Insert tab are "unstable" You would think they are a font like any other but they behave weirdly.
So look what this find and replace is doing:
The first pic before the find
The second pic after the replacement.

Now if I insert it manually it shows up fine


Third pic

Why is this?

TIA

Susan

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It is related to the typeface (font). You are finding a character in one font and replacing with another character without also replacing the typeface which is necessary to see the 'hand holding a pen' character.

If your replace with also specifies the Format>Font required then your result would be what you expected.

I would do it a different way. If you insert the character and copy it to the clipboard (which you must have done to get it into the Replace with field), then use '^c' in the Replace with field. This will allow the find and replace to put in whatever you have in your clipboard.

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Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia