MS Word -- finding text

[Garth T Kidd]

> To avoid this problem, I use the following conversion routine. 
> After making the necessary check for None, it attempts a quick 
> conversion str() first. When necessary, it slowly goes through 
> each character, handling the exceptions that are raised. 

Great technique! Now, I don't suppose you could identify the
characters str() isn't handling, so that someone can fix str()? :)

Regards,
Garth.