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How Can I Insert a Symbol into a Word Document?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I insert a Wingding symbol into a Word document?-- RC(image) (image) (image) Hey, RC. In case you’re wondering, there were two reasons why we decided to answer your question. First, we just liked the phrase insert a Wingding symbol. (No, we don’t know why we liked it, we just did.) Second - and by ...

How Can I Search for Two Items in a Text File?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! You’ve shown us how to search a text file for a single word or phrase, but how can I search a text file for two phrases? I need to know if a file contains either Windows 2000 or Windows XP.-- JR(image) (image) (image) Hey, JR. You know, it’s hard enough to get the Scripting Guys to do one thing; getting them...