{"id":126,"date":"2007-12-17T03:26:14","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T07:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alsplace.aldenbaker.com\/alsplace\/microsoft\/ms-office\/ms-word\/126\/word-search-replace-tips-tricks-and-answers\/"},"modified":"2007-12-17T03:34:37","modified_gmt":"2007-12-17T07:34:37","slug":"word-search-replace-tips-tricks-and-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alsplace.info\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"Word Search & Replace – Tips, Tricks, and Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

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Find and Replace in a Column or Row<\/span><\/a>. You can use Word's searching capabilities to search just the information in a table column or row. The trick is to make sure you select the area you want searched, and then change the setting of the Search drop-down list in the Find and Replace dialog. <\/span>Microsoft<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a>Word<\/span><\/a> versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

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Find and Replace in Text Boxes<\/span><\/a>. Find and Replace can work great, but not necessarily for text within <\/span>text<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a>boxes<\/span><\/a>. This tip discusses all the ins and outs of working with text boxes when it comes to finding text within them. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003 <\/span>|<\/span> 2007<\/span><\/p>\n

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Finding an Unknown Character<\/span><\/a>. Most of the text in a Word document is readily identifiable because you create it using well-known <\/span>keystrokes<\/span><\/a>: A, B, C, etc. Some characters are much harder to figure out, however, as they have no keyboard equivalent. If you need to search for or replace these characters, your first task is to figure out what they are. This tip provides an easy way to make that determination so that you can do the desired search or replace operation. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

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Finding the Previous Occurrence<\/span><\/a>. Using Word's Object Browser, it is very easy to move among different instances of what you want to search in your document. This tip explains how this tool can be used effectively to enhance your searching efforts. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ignoring Accented Characters in Searches<\/span><\/a>. When writing in non-English languages, there can be many variations of accented characters that are used in a word. You might want to search for the word in a way that the accented character is ignored. Word sort of allows you to do this, if you just modify how you do the search. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003 <\/span>|<\/span> 2007<\/span><\/p>\n

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Keyboard Control of the Find and Replace Dialog Box<\/span><\/a>. Hate to take your hands off the keyboard? This tip explains how you can use the keyboard to work with the Find and Replace <\/span>dialog<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a>box<\/span><\/a>, without the need to use the mouse at all. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mass<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a>Search and Replace<\/span><\/a>. Word does not provide a way to do a find and replace through a group of documents. The macro and third-party solutions presented in this tip will help you find a way to find and replace exactly what you need. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span>cialis professional generic<\/a> color: #5b5959″> 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

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Matching At the Beginning or End of a Word<\/span><\/a>. The pattern matching capabilities of Word's <\/span>search<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a>engine<\/span><\/a> are quite powerful. You can tailor your search pattern so that whatever you specify must occur at the beginning or end of a word. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003 <\/span>|<\/span> 2007<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ordering Search and Replace<\/span><\/a>. Using the wildcard capabilities of Word's Find and Replace feature, you can do some fairly complex operations. This tip describes how you can use parentheses in what you are search for in order to affect what it is replaced with. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

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Preserving Bookmarks During Replace Operations<\/span><\/a>. Without an understanding of how bookmarks work, it is easy to wipe them all out by doing a replace operation. Microsoft Word versions: 6 <\/span>|<\/span> 95 <\/span>|<\/span> 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

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Removing<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a>All Comments<\/span><\/a>. How to remove Word's comments from your document. Microsoft Word versions: 6 <\/span>|<\/span> 95 <\/span>|<\/span> 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

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Replacing Text with a Graphic<\/span><\/a>. The Find and Replace feature in Word provides you with some <\/span>powerful<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a>tools<\/span><\/a> you can use to process a document. One such tool is the ability to replace text with graphics. This tip demonstrates how easy this type of editing is. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003 <\/span>|<\/span> 2007<\/span><\/p>\n

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Searching for a Specific Field<\/span><\/a>. Fields can be a great boon to document development, as they allow you to insert different types of dynamic information in the body of the document. If you want to search for a specific type of field, you can do so using the techniques presented here. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003 <\/span>|<\/span> 2007<\/span><\/p>\n

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Searching<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a>for Borders<\/span><\/a>. The Find and Replace feature in Word allows you to easily search for lots of different items or characteristics in your document. One of the things you cannot natively do, however, is to search for borders on paragraphs. This tip introduces two macros that make short work of finding any bordered paragraphs in your documents. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

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Searching for Text that Does Not Have a Certain<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a>Format<\/span><\/a>. You can easily use Find and Replace to find text that has a particular format to it. Most people don't know you can use the same tool to find text that does not have a particular format. Here's how to do this type of search. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003 <\/span>|<\/span> 2007<\/span><\/p>\n

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Selective Formatting in Replacements<\/span><\/a>. Do you need to replace text with a term or phrase that uses multiple formats? You can perform this seemingly complex task using the powerful find and replace tools in Word, or you can create a macro that will do the trick for you. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

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Selective Formatting in Searches<\/span><\/a>. Need to search for text that has different formatting within the <\/span>search<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/a>term<\/span><\/a>? Word can't handle something this complex, but you can create a macro to do the <\/span>searching<\/span><\/a> for you. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

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Special Characters in Pattern Matching<\/span><\/a>. The most powerful search engine in Word use pattern matching, but the way you specify special characters in a pattern-matching search is different than in a regular search. This tip examines some of the differences that can affect how you do your searching. Microsoft Word versions: 97 <\/span>|<\/span> 2000 <\/span>|<\/span> 2002 <\/span>|<\/span> 2003 <\/span>|<\/span> 2007<\/span><\/p>\n

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