On Word 2007 to 2013 on Windows, you can use Ctrl + Alt + V. On Word 2011 for Mac, you can use Control + Command + V. Both of these will bring up the "Paste Special" dialog. There's no …

Here's a conditional formatting solution that will flag the records with special characters. Just apply a new conditional formatting rule to your data that uses the (extremely long) formula …

What's the best ways to enter special Unicode characters into a Notepad++ document? Do I have to rely on the operating system (Windows)? Looking for a see-and-click solution. I can bring up …

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What is the sorting order used in Windows Explorer? I was specifically wondering what special characters sort after the alphabets? As far as I can tell (test), all special characters seem to be ...

There's nothing special about the string "Godmode"; it can be any name you like, so long as it is followed by a period and then the value in curly braces.

When I try to save a file, if I use special characters in the name (such as a colon, question mark, or exclamation point) in Windows I get a message saying that the file name is invalid. Why is …

Many command line programs use the hyphen [-] to indicate special arguments. *nix based systems use a full-stop [.] as a leading character for hidden files and directories.

In Excel, every time I copy and paste, only the text is copying and the formatting is not being copied as shown in the figure below: There are no paste special options available while …

The following is a list of the characters that have a special meaning in wildcard searches ( [ ] { } < > ( ) - @ ? ! * \ ). Note: wildcard searches are case sensitive. It doesn't help that the list of …