Find and replace won't find, even when copying and pasting

[Grundoon Groundhog]

I have to replace 100 instances of "tab word space" with "tab" only. Although I've copied and pasted the tab and space by hand and by using the supplied characters (can't remember the name of the box supplied), InDesign can't find them. Oddly enough I can. Why does this happen? I am NOT asking it to find a format (though that didn't work, either.

[Barb Binder]

Hi Grundoon Groundhog:

A common reason why InDesign won't match a string that you are looking at is because of an issue with search criteria:

If that isn't it, please share a screen shot of the text you are trying to locate with Hidden Characters visible, and your Find/Change dialog box settings.

~Barb

[Grundoon Groundhog · Accepted solution]

Thanks, but I was copying and pasting so the formatting should not have been a problem (I think). I restarted InDesign and discarded my old preferences, and then finding/replacing worked.

[Barb Binder]

Ok, so you are all set? Go ahead and mark your last response as correct to close the thread, or I can.

~Barb