WD2000: How to Use a Macro to Find Special Characters Based on Unicode Value (212403)

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This article contains a sample Microsoft 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 value in the Find What box in the Edit Find dialog box.

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To locate symbols in a Word document, Microsoft provides the Find Symbol macro. For additional information about the Find Symbol macro, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
237356 WD2000: How to Access Sample Macros for Word 2000
If you open a document and squares appear instead of text, you may have a font-mapping or character-mapping problem, or Word may be using the "Recover Text from Any File" converter. For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260162 WD2000: Boxes Appear in File in Earlier Eastern European Version
211227 WD2000: Formatting Lost, Symbols Appear When Opening Document

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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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 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 runs 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 box.
   With Dialogs(wdDialogEditFind)
      .Find = strText
      .Format = False
      .Show
   End With
End Sub

You can assign this macro to a menu or toolbar. For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

230053 WD2000: How to Customize, Create, and Restore Word Menus

191265 WD2000: How to Customize and Share Toolbars

For more information about adding a command to a menu, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type add a command or other item to a menu in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

WD2000: How to Use a Macro to Find Special Characters Based on Unicode Value (212403)

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