How to replace symbols?

[Guest]

I have in my document hundreds of symbols, e. g. "greaterthan" which I would
like to replace to "greaterthanequalto" ones. When I use replace functin in
Word, the symbol copied from text and inserted to replace window does not
display correctly and I see the "square" character only. Can anyne help me
how to force Word to replace also symbols? Many thanks in advance.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Even if the symbol isn't displayed correctly in the Find and Replace
dialog box, it should be correctly inserted into your document, when
you click Replace. Have you actually tried to perform a Replace yet?

 

[Guest]

Yes, but without any success. The iserted symbol was the same as in replace
window, i. e. "square".

 

[Stefan Blom]

Other things to try follow. To be safe you can either work an a copy
of your original document, or close the document without saving if you
don't get the desired result, or press CTRL+Z to undo the most recent
action.

Copy the replacement symbol to the clipboard. In the Find and Replace
dialog box, enter the symbol to be found in the Find what box. And
then, in the Replace with box, type ^c. Click Replace All. Does this
make a difference?

If even that doesn't work, make sure you also apply the correct font:
With the cursor in the Replace with box, click More. Click Format, and
then Font. Click the Font tab. Make sure you specify the font
containing the symbol, and click OK to close the Font dialog box.
Click Replace All.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/findreplacesymbolscontent.htm.
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[Guest]

Thank you Charles. That's it!

See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/findreplacesymbolscontent.htm.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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