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Troubleshooting - Search And Wild Card Charac
DocumentID: 605870
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:31:33 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: A wildcard character can be used in a search string by pressing Ctrl-V, Ctrl-X (^V,^X). The wildcard character, if used in a search and replace, will only react as a wildcard on the search line. If entered on the replace line the ^X will actually be inserted into the text. The wildcard can be used any place on the search line except for the first character and acts just like the DOS wildcard character ? (question mark). When using wildcard characters to search for hyphenated words, users will receive the message "Not Found." Wildcard characters will not recognize hard spaces or regular hyphens [-].

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