Special characters

As specified, some codes work only if the Use wildcards option is on or off.

Codes that work in the Find what or Replace with box

To specify:

Paragraph mark  

Type ^p (doesn’t work in the Find what box when wildcards are on)

Tab character

Type ^t

ANSI or ASCII characters

Type ^0nnn, where nnn is the character code

Em dash

Type ^+

En dash

Type ^=

Caret character

Type ^^

Manual line break

Type ^l

Column break

Type ^n

Manual page break 

Type ^m (also finds or replaces section breaks when wildcards are on)

Nonbreaking space

Type ^s 

Nonbreaking hyphen

Type ^~ 

Optional hyphen

Type ^- 

Code that works in the Find what box only (when wildcards are on)

Graphic

Type ^g

Codes that work in the Find what box only (when wildcards are off)

Any character

Type ^?

Any digit

Type ^#

Any letter 

Type ^$

Footnote mark

Type ^f

Endnote mark 

Type ^e

Field 

Type ^d

Section break

Type ^b

White space 

Type ^w (any combination of regular and non-breaking spaces, and tab characters)

Codes that work in the Replace with box only

Windows Clipboard contents

Type ^c

Contents of the Find what box

Type ^&

Notes

• If you include the optional hyphen code, Word finds only text with optional hyphens in the position you specified. If you omit the optional hyphen code, Word finds all matching text, including text with optional hyphens.
• If you're searching for fields, you must display field codes.
• If you're searching for graphics, Word finds only inline graphics; Word does not find floating graphics. By default, Word inserts imported graphics as inline graphics, but you can change a floating graphic to an inline graphic.