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Feb 24, 2007

In order to compare strings I have to remove a special character from imported text.

It is character F008 from Unicode(hex).

This charcter is not on my keyboard.

I find it under Insert - Symbol but I can't copy and paste it to the find/replace window.

how can I key in this character so that I can use it for find and replace?

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