Find-and-Replace Special Characters shown by Ctrl *

[RobinClay]

With a document open, if I press Ctrl * , WORD reveals the "Special Characters" - the one of interest is a very small circle - I don't think it is an "o" nor a "°".


The document I am working on has a huge number of them, that I just want to get rid of.

I have not the SLIGHTEST idea what it is nor what it represents !

When I try "Find and Replace" > "Special", it offers me lots of names, but the List does NOT show the "Special Character" against the names !

How STUPID is that ????

I don't much care WHAT it's name is, but I know what it looks like.

Can YOU tell me what its name is ?

Please ?

[Italophile]

Ctrl * reveals non-printing characters and formatting marks.

The character you describe is probably a non-breaking space.

[RobinClay]

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Microsoft Word
All done. We made 10,409 replacements.
OK
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Thank you SO much !!

B R A V O !

[Stefan Blom]

For more on nonprinting characters, see Nonprinting Formatting Marks.