Wild cards para word

|To find |Type |Example |
|Any single character |? |s?t finds sat and set. |
|Any string of characters |* |s*d finds sad and started.|
|The beginning of a word |< | |(in)> finds in and within, but not interesting. |
|One of the specified characters |[ ] |w[io]n finds win and won. |
|Any single character in this range |[-]|[r-t]ight finds right and sight. Ranges must be in |
| | |ascending order. |
|Any single character except the characters in the range inside the |[!x-z] |t[!a-m]ck finds tock and tuck, but not tack or tick. |
|brackets| | |
|Exactly occurrences of the previous character or expression |{n} |fe{2}d finds feed but not fed. |
|At least occurrences of the previous character or expression |{n,} |fe{1,}d finds fed and feed. |
|From to occurrences ofthe previous character or expression |{n,m} |10{1,3} finds 10, 100, and 1000. |
|One or more occurrences of the previous character or expression |@ |lo@t finds lot and loot. |

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Use codes to find letters, formatting, fields, or special characters

Use the following codes to find letters,formatting, fields, or special characters. Note that some codes work only if the Use wildcards option is turned on or off.

Codes that work in the Find what box or Replace with box
|To find |Type |
|Paragraph mark ([pic] ) |^p (doesn't work in the Find what box when the Use wildcardsoption is turned on), or ^13 |
|Tab character ([pic] ) |^t or ^9 |
|ASCII character |^, where is the character code. |
|ANSI character |^0, where 0 is zero and is the character code|
|Em dash ( — ) |^+ |
|En dash ( – ) |^= |
|Caret character |^^ ||Manual line break ([pic] ) |^l or ^11 |
|Column break |^n or ^14 |
|Page or section break |^12 (when replacing, inserts a page break) |
|Manual page break|^m (also finds or replaces section breaks when the Use wildcards option is turned on) |
|Nonbreaking space ([pic] ) |^s |
|Nonbreaking hyphen ([pic] ) |^~ |
|Optional hyphen ([pic] ) |^-...