Edit/Replace with "no arguments" in dialogue box

[ChrisGreaves]

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This surprised me.
For years I have been using Special characters as in "Find any character (^?)" and "Replace with find what text (^&)", but today forgot that step, and my style replacement worked perfectly. Another minute or two saved over the rest of my lifetime ...
Cheers
Chris

[HansV]

This only works when you're finding/replacing formatting.

[ChrisGreaves]

This only works when you're finding/replacing formatting.

Thanks Hans.
I know that now
The question now becomes "How can I use this (to me) new knowledge to my advantage?
Cheers
Chris

[Charles Kenyon]

For one way, see my answer to this question in the Word Forum. The questioner wanted to not have Italics checked. I suggested modifying the Emphasis style or creating a new character style including Italics and then using Replace to apply that character style to all text in Italics.