Searching for Paragraph Marks and Line Breaks

Word allows you to search not just for text, but also for special characters that normally do not print. Two of the most common characters you will find yourself searching for are paragraph marks and line breaks (sometimes called newline characters). To search for these characters, follow these steps:

1. Choose Find from the Edit menu. Word displays the Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
2. In the Find What box, enter the text for which you want to search. To search for a paragraph mark, enter ^p; to search for a line break, enter ^l. It is important to use a lowercase p or l.
3. Set other searching parameters, as desired.
4. Click on Find Next.