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Q185290: WD97: Macro to Find Special Characters Based on Unicode Value

Article: Q185290
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): 97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta kbmacroexample word8 word97
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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This article contains a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that allows
you to search for a special character such as an en space or em space as well as
normal characters (such as a space). The macro identifies the Unicode value of a
selected character and then displays the Unicode value in the Find What box in
the Edit Find dialog box.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro obtains the Unicode
value of a selected character. If the length of the selection is 1 character,
the Edit Find dialog box appears with the Unicode value in the Find What box.

NOTE: You must select the character before you run this macro. If you name this
macro EditFind, it will run when you click Find on the Edit menu.

     Sub EditFindSpecial()
        Dim strText As String

        ' If the length of the selection is 1 character,
        ' then get Unicode value of selection.  Otherwise,
        ' leave variable set to null value.
        If Len(Selection.Text) = 1 Then
           strText = "^u" & AscW(Selection.Text)
        End If

        Selection.Collapse
        On Error Resume Next

        ' Show Edit Find dialog.
        With Dialogs(wdDialogEditFind)
           .Find = strText
           .Format = False
           .Show
        End With
     End Sub

You can assign this macro to a menu or toolbar. For more information about adding
a command to a menu, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index
tab in Word Help, type the following text

  " menus" (without the quotation marks)

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add a command or other item
to a menu" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the
Office Assistant.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q162490 WD97: How to Access Sample Macros for Word 97

  Q171732 WD97: Control Code for Finding/Replacing with Unicode Value

  Q173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles


REFERENCES
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For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications


Additional query words: wordcon vba vbe vb replace symbol hyphen nonbreaking

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Keywords          : kbdta kbmacroexample word8 word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :97
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

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