Tammy, I try to work in Unicode whenever I’m straying outside of the realm of 8-bit characters as each app has its own weird shortcuts.
In Frame’s find box the syntax \u#### works, with each # representing the hex digit in Unicode. So, for endashes, use \u2013. Unicode values can be easily looked up at Unicode.org. Craig Johnson San Francisco Sent from my iPad > On May 31, 2024, at 4:41 PM, David Artman <da...@davidartman.com> wrote: > > You should be able to enter the character in the Find field using the Alt > code, then choose a replacement, and use Find Next + Replace (carefully!) to > verify desired results. > > If the Find dialog doesn't let you enter the Alt code, enter it in Notepad or > something, copy it, and paste the copied en dash into FM Find field. > > Are you not able to do either of these? > > David Artman > > DCA:d.a.d. > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Tammy Van Boening <tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com> > Date: 5/31/24 19:15 (GMT-05:00) > To: "An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software." > <framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: [Framers] Searching for an en dash in a big FM document > > I have a legacy book (oh joy) in which I want to do a search and replace for > all the en dashes. I know that the ALT code for this special character is > Alt+0150. Is there a way to search all the files in the FM book using this > code and if so, what do I select for the Find option - not a Paragraph Tag, > for example, but what else? If I can't search by the ALT code, how else can I > search short of very intense/mind-numbing/drink-inducing page by page hunt > and kill? > > TIA, > > TVB > > > > Tammy Van Boening > Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com > www.spectrumwritingllc.com<http://www.spectrumwritingllc.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
