Find/Replace

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Overview: Specific words or phrases can be quickly searched and/or replaced for occurrence in the document.

 

Accessing: To display the Find dialog, the user must be in Text View mode, select the Find button located in the Editing group under the Home tab or press CTRL + F.

For displaying the Replace dialog, the user must select the Replace button located in the Editing group under the Home tab or press CTRL + H.

 

The dialog can be used for finding text or other items in the document:

 

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Words and phrases can be automatically replaced using the Replace dialog.

 

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The Match whole word only option must be checked if the user desires to search/replace the exact word type in the Find what field. If unchecked, partial words will be searched or replaced.

Match case assures for the search to be case sensitive.