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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:
Figure 1. The Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
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2016-11-27 15:12:03
john
make sure you haven't previously pressed ctrl-J on the find and replace dialogue box. The word 'justified' should not appear in the dialogue box when performing this command
2016-10-01 07:02:55
GeordieLad
This works for me only with ^p. Why not ^l?
It's a useful tip which goes part way to solving a problem I posted some time ago but remains unanswered:
I need an easy way to change the line spacing to the next paragraph and need to know what to put in the Replace with field; ie, a code for a font size.
I presume that entering ^p followed by other characters would achieve my goal - but what other characters? Can anyone help?
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