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"Error: Incorrect Format" - Performing A Find |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: A customer receives the message "Error: Incorrect Format" when performing a Find in List Files. The search string used is as follows: this is the time for all good men. When using the Find feature in List Files, another customer wanted to search for a logical operator with a quote, such as ;" (semicolon quote). Solutions: The search string is limited to 39 characters or five words, whichever is less. The new WordPerfect 5.1 manual states that the 39 characters cannot consist of more than five words, nor can any word contain more than 20 characters. The second customer needs to enclose the word pattern in single quotes (';"') in order for WordPerfect to find the files containing the ;" (semicolon quote). Without the single quotes, the error message "Incorrect Format" is received. This applies to any logical operator, e.g., asterisk (*), ampersand (&), etc. |
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