How to Use Find and Replace in a Word Table

If you have a large table in a Microsoft Word 2007 document, you can use the "Find and Replace" feature to find and replace text only within that table and not the rest of the document. The steps are very similar to replacing text in a document.

Things You'll Need

• Microsoft Word 2007

Instructions

1. Start Microsoft Word 2007 and open a document that needs text replaced in a table.

2. Select the column or row from the table that you would like to use find and replace with. You can select multiple columns and rows at this point.

3. Choose the "Home" tab at the top of the Word 2007 screen, if necessary, to display the Home ribbon. Click the "Replace" button from the "Editing" section at the very right of the Home ribbon. The "Find and Replace" dialog box will open. Verify that the "Replace" tab is selected at the top of the dialog box.

4. Type the text you want to find in the table in the "Find what" text box. Type the text you want to replace that text with in the "Replace with" text box.

5. Expand the dialog box, if necessary, by clicking the "More" button at the bottom left.

6. Choose the drop-down list beside "Search" in the "Search Options" section of the "Find and Replace" dialog box. Choose "Up" or "Down" depending on which way you want to search within the table.

7. Click the "Replace" or "Replace All" button to find the text you have specified within the table and replace it with the text in the "Replace with" text box.