Search-Replace in Word Made Easier

Most of us know how to do a search-replace in Word (OK, those who don’t know it could try CTRL+H for starters). It is quite easy to use in most cases.

But what if you would like to replace a double paragraph break with a single one? Or an En dash (–) with an Em dash (—)?

For these scenarios, Microsoft published a Technet article called 20 Helpful Search Strings for Finding Special Characters in Word. This should make cleaning up documents and replacing special characters much easier.