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    ^? is there a mark to find more characters than one

    ^? This is the mark for any character but is there a mark to find any characters not just one

    Thnx

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    You must check "Use Wildcards" - but then you can use "?" (without the caret) for any single character and "*" for any number of characters.
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    this somehow doesnt work i used <Amend>"*"<Members> in find dialog box and checked wildcards but it doesnt find anything

    and text is like this:
    <Amend>Amendment<Members>

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    nevermind i figured it out

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    For others that read this later ...

    When "Use wildcards" is checked, certain characters have special meanings - in this case "<" and ">" and to look for the character itself rather than have it specially interpreted, it needs 'escaping', thus ...

    \<Amend\>*\<Members\>
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    Tony

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    Teach him how to fish and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

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