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Searching for any Tabs in a Word Document

Wayne Hinckley
 

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Hi Group,

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Is there a way to search for the Tab character in a Word document? I need to eliminate any extra ones.

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Thanks for any help.

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Wayne Hinckley

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Hello, I must do this all the time, so I use Find and Replace.
1. Launch the Find and Replace command with Control H.
2. In the first box, type ^T. If you do not have punctuation turned
on just in case, that is a shifted 6 followed by the letter t.
3. Tab over to the Replace edit box and type a space. At least, this
is what I type to get rid of all the tabs.
4. Press Alt A to Replace All, and that should do it.

On 10/1/20, Wayne Hinckley <wwhinckley@...> wrote:
Hi Group,



Is there a way to search for the Tab character in a Word document? I need
to
eliminate any extra ones.



Thanks for any help.



Wayne Hinckley



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I use this feature a lot also. however, I¡¯ve never had to add a space ¨C ¨C and I usually tap into the edit box and hit backspace to make sure there¡¯s nothing there.
Is there a list of symbols to get rid of things? I¡¯m meaning tab, page breaks, spaces after lines, and things of that nature? It would be pretty nice to have since I¡¯ve not been able to Google one up for myself.

Melissa

On Oct 1, 2020, at 4:12 PM, Jim Fettgather <jimfettgather@...> wrote:

?Hello, I must do this all the time, so I use Find and Replace.
1. Launch the Find and Replace command with Control H.
2. In the first box, type ^T. If you do not have punctuation turned
on just in case, that is a shifted 6 followed by the letter t.
3. Tab over to the Replace edit box and type a space. At least, this
is what I type to get rid of all the tabs.
4. Press Alt A to Replace All, and that should do it.

On 10/1/20, Wayne Hinckley <wwhinckley@...> wrote:
Hi Group,



Is there a way to search for the Tab character in a Word document? I need
to
eliminate any extra ones.



Thanks for any help.



Wayne Hinckley



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Melissa,

? ? ? ? ? ?This downloadable PDF,??

, is about as comprehensive as I've seen, and gives a table of the special character sequences for MS-Word Find and Replace at the end, and I'd imagine the table on page 22 of the document is specifically what you're asking about.

This webpage is also an excellent reference:????

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Brian?-?Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041??

It¡¯s hard waking up and realizing it¡¯s not always black and white.

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Hi,

I¡¯ve been looking for a download button to grab the entire PDF.

So far, I¡¯ve missed it.

Larry

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2020 2:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Searching for any Tabs in a Word Document

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Melissa,

? ? ? ? ? ?This downloadable PDF,??

, is about as comprehensive as I've seen, and gives a table of the special character sequences for MS-Word Find and Replace at the end, and I'd imagine the table on page 22 of the document is specifically what you're asking about.

This webpage is also an excellent reference:????

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Brian?-?Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041??

It¡¯s hard waking up and realizing it¡¯s not always black and white.

?????~ Kelley Boorn
 

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 06:00 PM, <larrygassman1@...> wrote:
I¡¯ve been looking for a download button to grab the entire PDF.
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Activating the link I gave does just that, and generally presents it in your web browser.? If you want to save it instead, then use the context menu when you have focus on the link and "Save target as" or whatever term is used in your chosen browser.
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Brian?-?Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041??

It¡¯s hard waking up and realizing it¡¯s not always black and white.

?????~ Kelley Boorn
 

Hello Jim:

While I agree with your find criteria, I am not sure that I agree with your replace criteria. You are replacing each tab with a space. The originator of this message only aske for how to find and eliminate the tab characters, not how to replace them with something else. To eliminate the tab characters, the replaced criteria should be left empty.

Regards, Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Fettgather
Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2020 5:11 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Searching for any Tabs in a Word Document

Hello, I must do this all the time, so I use Find and Replace.
1. Launch the Find and Replace command with Control H.
2. In the first box, type ^T. If you do not have punctuation turned on just in case, that is a shifted 6 followed by the letter t.
3. Tab over to the Replace edit box and type a space. At least, this is what I type to get rid of all the tabs.
4. Press Alt A to Replace All, and that should do it.

On 10/1/20, Wayne Hinckley <wwhinckley@...> wrote:
Hi Group,



Is there a way to search for the Tab character in a Word document? I
need to eliminate any extra ones.



Thanks for any help.



Wayne Hinckley



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