How to Find and Replace Multiple Words in Word 2003
Instead of manually searching for a word or phrase, you can use the powerful Find and Search function of Microsoft Word 2003. You can find and search in a few steps to find and replace multiple words in Word 2003.
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Instructions
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Launch Microsoft Word 2003. From the "Edit" menu, click "Replace." Alternatively, press the "Ctrl" and "H" keys simultaneously. The Find and Replace dialog appears.
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Type the word or phrase that you want to search for for in the "Find what" field. In the "Replace with" field, type the word or phrase that you want to replace with.
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Click on the "Replace all" button to replace all occurrences of the word you typed. A dialog subsequently states the number of occurrences that the word or phrase has been replaced. Click on the "OK" button to close the dialog.
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Tips & Warnings
There is a more complicated way to open these menus with alt keys and keyboard input but I choose the easy option for this article.
I found that Word appears to freeze if you search a blank document. i had to close it down as the program options were occupied. If this happens--wait to see if it comes back on it's own or just shut down using Windows Task manager.
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amitsoma
Jun 01, 2008
Hey can you share your program with me, i am also looking for the same functionality. -
Indynesia
Jan 18, 2008
Might help a beginner anyhow, even if it wasn't exactly the right one for the requester.
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clc6583
Jan 18, 2008
This was absolutely NOT what I was looking for - it was poorly worded I suppose. I need to replace a list of words, as in a string of glossary terms - bath, chair, tub, kitten, sink, computer - find them, identify them and reformat them. I want to find a whole list, and batch replace. Sorry but I found a program to do this.
