Searching for ASCII and ANSI Characters

Word allows you to search for any ASCII or ANSI character. To search for ASCII characters, follow these steps:

1. Choose Find from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl+F. Word displays the Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
2. In the Find What box, enter the text for which you want to search. To search for an ASCII character, enter a carat (^) followed by the three numbers representing the ASCII value of the character. For instance, to search for an uppercase A, you could enter ^065.
3. Set other searching parameters, as desired.
4. Click on Find Next.

You can search for an ANSI character by following these steps:

1. Choose Find from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl+F.
2. In the Find What box, enter the text for which you want to search. To search for an ANSI character, enter a carat (^) followed by a zero and the three numbers representing the ANSI value of the character.
3. Set other searching parameters, as desired.
4. Click on Find Next.