WD98: Macro to Find Special Characters Based on Unicode Value

ID: Q188767

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that allows you to search for a special character such as an en space or em space as well as normal characters (such as a space). The macro identifies the Unicode value of a selected character and then displays the Unicode value in the Find What box in the Edit Find dialog box.

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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro obtains the Unicode value of a selected character. If the length of the selection is 1 character, the Edit Find dialog box appears with the Unicode value in the Find What box.

NOTE: You must select the character before you run this macro. If you name this macro EditFind, it will run when you click Find on the Edit menu.

   Sub EditFindSpecial()
      Dim strText As String

      ' If the length of the selection is 1 character,
      ' then get Unicode value of selection.  Otherwise,
      ' leave variable set to null value.
      If Len(Selection.Text) = 1 Then
         strText = "^u" & AscW(Selection.Text)
      End If

      Selection.Collapse
      On Error Resume Next

      ' Show Edit Find dialog.
      With Dialogs(wdDialogEditFind)
         .Find = strText
         .Format = False
         .Show
      End With
   End Sub

You can assign this macro to a menu or toolbar.

For more information about adding a command to a menu, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Word Help, type the following text

   menus, commands

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Add a command or other item to a menu" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Additional query words: vba vbe vb replace symbol hyphen nonbreaking

Keywords          : kbdta kbmacroexample macword98 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 6, 1999