How to Find and Replace Multiple Words in Word 2003

This is how to find and replace multiple words in Word 2003. This is as simple as a few menu options from within the program.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Word 2003
• computer, mouse, keyboard

1. Open Microsoft Word 2003 and find the word "edit" on the bar below the program's title. Left click with your mouse on the word "edit".
2. This will bring up a menu--you can choose to expand it if you wish--but you need to only find the word "replace". Left click on the word "replace" to bring up a box with options in it.
3. Type the word you are searching for in the blank white long rectangular area. This should free up a button called "replace all" below it.
   Left click on the "replace all" button to replace all occurrences of the word you typed.
4. This should bring up a box that says Word replaced the occurences of the word a certain number of times. Now left click on the "ok" button to close this box and the replace box--which should have completed your task.

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.