WD2000: Can't Find Non-Printing Character with Wildcard Search

ID: Q211274

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you are in outline view (on the View menu, click Outline), if you select the Use wildcards option, a problem similar to one of the following may occur:

Case 1

If you search for paragraph marks, the following message appears:
You must switch to another view to search for paragraph marks.

Case 2

If you search for page breaks or section breaks, the following message appears:
Word has finished searching the document. The search item was not found.


RESOLUTION

Switch to a different view and search using the Use wildcards option. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. In the Find and Replace dialog box, click Cancel.


  2. On the View menu, click to select either Normal or Print Layout.


  3. On the Edit menu, click either Find or Replace.


  4. Click either the Find tab or the Replace tab.


  5. Click the Use wildcards check box.


  6. With the insertion point in the Find what box, click Special and then click the character you want to search for.


  7. Click Find Next.


Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb


Last Reviewed: November 4, 1999
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