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Microsoft Word – Find and Replace
Word has a great Find and Replace feature. You can use it with wildcard characters such as “?" or "*” to search when you are uncertain what you want to find. It also allows you to search for formatting, such as bold or italic, and formatting characters, like line breaks or tabs, and replace them as well. You can access the feature by selecting from the menu Edit – Replace or using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+h.
Once the dialog window is displayed, click on the More button to display the advanced options.
To use wildcards:
To Find |
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Example |
Any single character |
? |
s?t finds "sat" and "set". |
Any string of characters |
* |
s*d finds "sad" and "started". |
The beginning of a word |
< |
<(inter) finds "interesting" and "intercept", but not "splintered". |
The end of a word |
> |
(in)> finds "in" and "within", but not "interesting". |
One of the specified characters |
[ ] |
w[io]n finds "win" and "won". |
Any single character in this range |
[-] |
[r-t]ight finds "right" and "sight". Ranges must be in ascending order |
Any single character except the characters in the range inside the brackets |
[!x-z] |
t[!a-m]ck finds "tock" and "tuck", but not "tack" or "tick". |
Exactly n occurrences of the previous character or expression |
{n} |
fe{2}d finds "feed" but not "fed". |
At least n occurrences of the previous character or expression |
{n,} |
fe{1,}d finds "fed" and "feed". |
From n to m occurrences of the previous character or expression |
{n,m} |
10{1,3} finds "10", "100", and "1000". |
One or more occurrences of the previous character or expression |
@ |
lo@t finds "lot" and "loot". |
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