Character or Symbol (Word2000)

[Ann Brandon]

In converting documents from outside sources, or documents created with font sets other than the current configuration, I'm having a problem with conversion of symbols like the degree symbol, the cent symbol, etc.

Is there someway to run through the collection of characters in a document and single out a 'character' that is actually an inserted symbol?

For example, I was playing around with the wdCharacterCase, assuming that a symbol could not be wdUpperCase or wdLowerCase, but maybe there is a much easier way.

[Charles Kenyon]

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/FindReplaceSymbols.htm>Finding and replacing symbols</A> may give you some leads. While not directly on-topic, the article discusses VBA and unicode characters.