Baldev, many thanks. I did it eventually by just highlighting a tab character in the document and copying it to the clipboard. Pasted it into the search string area and this worked fine. Hal announces a blank line once the character was pasted, but it did the job. thanks again, Mark Threadgold -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Baldev Shinder Sent: 01 December 2005 09:04 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Replace tab characters in Word Hi Mark find and replace (control h) Find string: ^t (for one tab) press shift 6 to get the caret symbol Replace String just put in a space character here. I hope that helps. Baldev Shinder -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark Threadgold Sent: 01 December 2005 09:32 To: accessuk list Subject: [access-uk] Replace tab characters in Word Hi all. How can I do a search and replace in Word 2k to search for a tab character please? I wish to replace all the tabs in a document with a space. There are a considerable amount and surely it can be done other than manually? Cheers, Mark Threadgold ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq