Search - Hyphens And DOS Text Files

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:29:42 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: WordPerfect has the ability to recognize three separate types of hyphens: the hard hyphen - (Home, -), the soft hyphen - (Ctrl, -), and the hyphen character [-]. The hard hyphen appears as - in Reveal Codes, the soft hyphen appears as a bolded hyphen without brackets, and the hyphen character appears bolded and in brackets [-]. When a document containing hyphens is saved into a DOS text format and then retrieved, the hyphens will appear in Reveal Codes as hard hyphens -. This is due to the fact that DOS only recognizes the hyphen character. This is important to remember if doing a search for the hyphen after such a save. In order to do so, one would need to type the hyphen character (Home, hyphen) on the search string in order for it to be recognized. Note: WP's hexadecimal code for a normal hyphen is A9, while the hex code for an ASCII hyphen is 2D. WP's hex code for a hard hyphen is also 2D.

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