[thelist] Removing Microsoft Word special characters

Ken Schaefer ken at adOpenStatic.com
Thu Sep 18 19:43:47 CDT 2003


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From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat at operamail.com>
Subject: Re: [thelist] Removing Microsoft Word special character


: On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:23:31 -0400, Hershel Robinson
: <hershelr at netvision.net.il> wrote:
:
: > I happen to also be a user and a fan of UltraEdit, but let's
: > not get carried away. There is also this nifty little tool on
: > my Windoze box called Notepad. Using Notepad, I could
: > select the character, copy and
: > paste into the Replace box and Replace All.
:
: I wasn't thinking that this would be a selling point of UE, just
: that UE made it easy.  If anyone would like to know more about
: why use UE, feel free to ask.
:
: Notepad, as nearly everyone knows, is terrible.  I just assumed
: people would look for a better tool.
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For find-n-replace?!?

What's so terrible about Notepad's Find and Replace functionality? Why's it
so much easier in UltraEdit?

Cheers
Ken



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