John, perhaps it works in CS5 but not in CS3.

Peter, the problem is not in the replacement word or looping through that array backwards or forwards. The problem is finding a word with an accented character using the GREP mode.

In using the Find/Replace dialog I cannot find André. Nor Andr\x{00E9}, using Unicode. So if the dialog won't work it appears a script won't work. If I use "Andre" in the Search field it will find "Andre" and "André."

However I did find that if I change the GREP function in the script to the text mode I can find only words with accented characters and then replace them to my heart's content.

Tom

function theTextChanger(docRef,textFindIt,textChangeIt){
    app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
    app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
    app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = textFindIt;
    app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = textChangeIt;
    var arrTextFindIt = myDoc.changeText();
    return arrTextFindIt;
}//end theTextChanger

I assume I am using the English language version. How would I be able to find out?

Upon further research I have seen there is a difference between a PC and a Mac when using a GREP search.

In the Search/Find dialog:

Mac (version 10.5.8 and CS3): A GREP search for Andre will find both Andre and André. A search for André will find neither.

PC (XP and CS3): A GREP search for Andre finds only Andre. A search for André finds only André.

If I put this GREP search in the form of the script above, the script performs in like manner on a PC and Mac as the dialog search does.

So why is there a difference between the two and that the PC is more gramatically correct than the Mac?

And, more importantly, is there something in the script I can add to make it work on a Mac?

I have since rewritten the script so that it does a Text search for words with accents rather than using a GREP search. This works fine on both platforms. But I still want to know what is going on here with GREP.

Tom