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It happens to me sometimes when I save unix sessions as log files (anyone want
a list of ALL the journals available for searching through CARL Uncover?) and
then I convert that log to a word document. I find that if I save it as a pure
ASCII text file and then open it in Word and re-save as a word file they go
away. Of course, so do all other formatting features...
I hope this helps.
Mark
Dave Whelan wrote:
> Someone mentioned that Word shows them a hollow box character in a
> mystifying message. I also have a problem with hollow boxes: Word97 keeps
> inserting one of these characters into document text unbidden. I think it's
> got something to do with using the find/replace function in a particular
> way. I only became aware of the problem recently but it has me worried as
> have not been able to find a way to search for this character to find out
> whether it has been inserted anywhere else. Has anyone else run up against
> this problem?
>
> Regards,
> Dave.
>
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