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I have OCRed a document. The OCR software has created lots of NULL characters in the finalized Word 2010 document. I know that because I have found this converter, which has transformed one of the questionable strings into 122 117 110 101 104 NULL 32 109 101 110 100).

I have a few search-and-replace operations I'd like to perform. Null prevents me from doing this.

How do I find all NULL characters in from this document?

Tried so far in the "Search" field:

  • ^NULL
  • ^000 (ASCII)
  • ^u0, ^u00, ^u000, ^u0000 (Unicode)

I don't mind if the solution requires me to use OpenOffice/LibreOffice or VBA.

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I've figured it out eventually.

NULL is ad in hexadecimal code (at least according to this website: http://www.string-functions.com/string-hex.aspx).

adis 173 in unicode (according to here: http://easycalculation.com/hex-converter.php).

When I search in Word for ^u173, it works like a charm.

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Try holding down the ALT key, typing 255 on the number pad, and releasing the ALT key.

Update

Try this:

There is a symbol which looks like ...

N
U
L

... which is U+2400 (press and hold Alt while you type 9216 - or in recent 
versions of Word type 2400 and press Alt+X)

Taken from http://www.wordbanter.com/showthread.php?t=78318. I can confirm it worked for me, but I don't know if this is they symbol your referring to.

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