Did you know that you can use the Find/Replace function in Microsoft Word to look for and remove invisible characters as well as basic text? Using this tool allows you to fix formatting issues quickly and easily like changing double spaces to single spaces and vice-versa, but it can also do much more.
To get started, click on the Find and Replace button in Word, then click More in the dialogue box. Click on Format to search for formatting in your document—the pull-down menu includes margins, font, styles and line spacing. So you could, for example, search and replace a green font with a purple font. Click Special to search for special characters (em dash, white space, etc.).
You can also insert commands into the text field to search for formatting and special characters directly. Use ^p^p to search/replace double paragraph marks and replace them with ^p for single ones. You can also use ^t to search for tabs, ^# to search digits, ^$ for letters, and ^w for any white spaces.
