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Summary: White space permeates our documents, and sometimes you’ll need to search for that white space. Word makes it easy to select this special class of information through the use of the Find and Replace feature. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)
Word allows you to search not just for text, but also for special characters that normally do not print. Word even provides a shorthand character to search for white space. White space is any combination of spaces, tabs, paragraph marks, newline characters, and breaks. In short, it is most non-printing characters.
To search for white space, follow these steps:
Word then finds the first occurrence of white space. Remember that this includes any non-printing characters.
Tip #1813 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003 2007
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