When I Find and Replace with a symbol in Microsoft Word, it does not replace it with the symbol. Instead, the result of Replace is , a square box.

Question

In Microsoft Word, I am having difficulty when I Find and Replace a symbol.

It does not replace it with the symbol. Instead, the result of Replace is , a square box.

The symbol does appear properly on the document when entered in normally. The issue is only when I use Find and Replace, and replace with a symbol.

Answer 1

You can insert the replacement character into a document and copy it to the clipboard with Ctrl+C. In the Find & Replace dialog box, specify that you want to replace the word you are searching for with clipboard content: ^c. See screen shot below.

Answer 2

I'm glad I could help.

Answer 3

Repair will do nothing with this. Stefan's method should work.

Answer 4

Hello CG,

I'm Mukesh and I will be happy to help you out with your question.

Are you getting this for all replace or for only specific symbol ? Are you using windows 10 ?

Some key improvements have been made in Windows 10 that affect fonts; more details on this are provided below. A side effect of these changes is that a small subset of existing apps created for earlier versions of Windows or Windows Phone may be affected.

Why does some text display with square boxes in some apps on Windows 10? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/why-does-some-text-display-with-square-boxes-in-some-apps-on-windows-10-b078a35f-9709-1780-44c0-8c27a58205a2

I hope this information helps. If you have any questions please let me know and I will be glad to help you out.

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Regards Mukesh

Answer 5

I only have this issue with replacing symbols. Other characters work fine.

I am using Windows 10.