One of the other posters here indicated that "013" is a carrige return. Now I
don't know why it is displaying in a cell as a symbol. I can create carrige
returns in cells by typing "Alt/Enter" and the symbol does not appear when I
click inside a cell.

Why does the symbol appear visibly sometimes but not others?

And why can't I loose it by typing "^013" in the replace box?

jeff

"RagDyer" wrote:

You're referring to *MS* documents in your post.

Since this is an XL group, this is what I do to find the code in XL sheets:

=Code(A1)

Will return the code for the *first* character in the cell A1, whether
visible or invisible.

If you know, or suspect a character (invisible) is elsewhere in the cell,
you can use something like this:

=CODE(MID(A1,2,1))
Where you're referencing the *second* character, or

=CODE(MID(A1,3,1))
Where you're referencing the *third* character,
And so on ... !


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HTH,

RD

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"Jeff Ingman" wrote in message
...
I often find symbols in MS documents I'd like to remove or replace with
something else.

Is there a way to detect the underlying code of a symbol or special
character to use for "Search and Replace"?