- The text might be spelled or phrased differently than you remember. Try searching for a single word or a part of a word.
- The text might be in the overflow of the text box. Microsoft Publisher can find text in overflow, but cannot display it. If there's text in overflow, the Text in Overflow indicator appears at the bottom of the selected text box:
- The text might be in a Continued notice in a connected text box. Publisher can't find text in these notices.
- The text might be in a Web form control that does not have a text box. Publisher can find text in only two types of Web form controls: radio buttons and check boxes.
- The text might be in a data field, or in text with phonetic guides, or in horizontal text in vertical text flow. Publisher cannot find text in these situations.
I want to find a special character.
To find a special character, such as a tab or an end-of-paragraph mark, in the Find what box, type the appropriate character combination listed in the table below.
| To find | Type |
|---|---|
| Any character | ? |
| A question mark | ^? |
| An optional hyphen | ^- |
| A nonbreaking hyphen (a hyphen in a word that is always hyphenated and can't be separated at the end of a line.) | ^~ |
| A line break | ^N |
| The end of a paragraph | ^P |
| A nonbreaking space (a space used in place of a normal space when you want to prevent a line break between two words) | ^S |
| A tab stop | ^T |
| A white space (a tab character or a space between words) | ^W |