No, that doesn't work for Unicode characters. Any other ideas>

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

> Excel's usual Find / Replace can handle the job without addins.
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> 1. put a single instance of any unicode character in an un-used cell
> 2. copy the cell
> 3. pull-down Edit > Find and paste into the findwhat field
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> you can then find and replace that character anywhere in the worksheet.
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> Gary's Student
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> "Rebecca" wrote:
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> > I have Excel 2003, and in a column I have various unicode Greek letters in
> > the Gentium font (such as ό) that I would like to search and replace into
> > numbers (ό would become 15) so I can sort the sheet (the search and replace
> > doesn't work for certain unicode Greek letters). Other than paying a lot for
> > an expensive add-on or other software product, is there any way I can do this
> > in Excel 2003? Please explain in simple English. Thanks.