There are many ways to find line breaks, tabs, and special characters in Microsoft Word. You can use the Find command on your keyboard, or you can use the View menu to choose a specific view. To find line breaks, tabs, and special characters in Microsoft Word, follow these steps:

  1. On your keyboard, press the F5 key to open the Find command.
  2. Type a word or phrase into the Find box and press the F5 key again to search for line breaks, tabs, and special characters.
  3. If you want to find all lines that contain these characters, type “all” into the Find box and press the F5 key again.

For instance, if you wanted to search for a word with a tab character in front of it, you could use ^tWord or something similar. Here’s a few of the entries from the table:

Hit the link for the full list of special characters.

20 Helpful Search Strings for Finding Special Characters in Word [Technet Magazine Blog]