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To find and replace a word or phrase or text in Writer , follow the steps:
Step 1: Click on the ‘Find & Replace’ option from the ‘Edit’ menu. The ‘Find & Replace’ dialog box opens:
Step 2: Type the text to be searched.
Step 3: Type the text with which it has to be replaced.
Step 4: Click on Find to find the matched text.
Step 5: Click on ‘Replace’ to ‘Replace’ the matched text..
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Step 6: Repeat the step as many times as required or click on ‘Replace All’ to replace all relevant text.
All the possible occurences of the searched text are replaced with the new text and a message box appears
that informs about the number of occurences of the word that can be replaced.
Step 7: Click on the ‘OK’ button to apply changes and click on the ‘Close’ button.
Sneak Peek
To use Find and Replace command in MS Word:
1. Click on the Home tab.
2. Click on the Replace command from the Editing group. The Find and Replace dialog box
appears on the screen.
3. In the Find what text box, type the text to be searched or replaced.
4. In the Replace with text box, type the new text to replace the existing text.
5. Click on the Find ext button to find the text to be replaced in the document.
6. Click on the Replace button to insert the new text in place of the old text.
7. Repeat Step 6 to replace other appearances of the word in the document with the new text.
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Click on the Replace All button to replace all occurrences of the old text in the document
with the new text.
8. All the possible occurences of the searched text are replaced with the new text and a message
box appears that informs about the number of occurences of the word that have been replaced.
9. Click on the OK button.
10. Click on the Close button.
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