how do I replace symbols with text without having to type them in?

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I am doing my family history, and where it suppose to say born in there is a
circle. I would like to replace the circle symbol with the actual words. I
was wondering if I could do that without having to type in where I need too.
 
I am doing my family history, and where it suppose to say born in there is a
circle. I would like to replace the circle symbol with the actual words. I
was wondering if I could do that without having to type in where I need too.
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Copy the symbol from the text, open the Replace dialog, and paste
(using the Ctrl+V shortcut) into the Find What box. Put the words in
the Replace With box and click Replace All.

If the symbol was originally put into the text with the Insert >
Symbol dialog, this might not work. If that happens, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/FindReplaceSymbols.htm.

Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
 
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