OK so two separate issues. We need a search target field which will strip out punctuation. Then ideally we want the Filter box on top of table reports to be able to search that field even though it is not on the report. For performance reasons, that filter box only filters for fields on the report.
Let make a search target field with punctuation stripped out.
Here is an an example for a field called [Company Name Search Target] you can try. The idea would be to tell your staff to not put in punctuation when searching
var text ReplaceDotsWithNull = SearchAndReplace([Company name],".","");
var text ReplaceCommaWithSpace = SearchAndReplace($ReplaceDotsWithNull,",", " ");
var text ReplaceDashWithSpace = SearchAndReplace($ReplaceCommaWithSpace,"-", " ");
$ReplaceDashWithSpace
...... Then the next step is how to get the report to search on that field.
The trick if to create afield called [.] (just a dot.
The formula for a Rich Text field would be would be
var text URL =[Company Name Search Target];
var text Words = " ";
"<a name=" & URLEncode([Technique]) & "</a>"
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