MS Word trick?

Sin · 02-12-2005, 02:26 PM

Hi everyone new member.

Now my question.
I have a very large document in Ms Word. Lets say I wanted to change the name of the person I was writing about. Is there a way to change the name without manually doint it.

Ex. Bill was an incredible person. He types at a fast rate and he is cool. Bill is a good role model

I want to change Bill to Ted without manually doing ti
Change would be

Ted was an incredible person. He types at a fast rate and he is cool Ted is a good role model.

02-12-2005, 03:12 PM

Hi,

I have the older version, but doubt if they have changed it. Go to EDIT, and then select REPLACE and alas, put in the word you want to replace, enter the one you want, and select replace all. Might be a good idea to double check it to make sure all are gone. Hope that helps you.

Sin · 02-12-2005, 03:43 PM

thx

Thats exactly what i want it to do. oh great computer wisdom genius.

jaytechman · 02-12-2005, 07:30 PM

Just remember that if you're changing gender, or going from one person to a few, you want to search for all instances of "he" and "his" or "them" and so on.

02-12-2005, 02:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2 OS: XP	MS Word trick? Hi everyone new member. Now my question. I have a very large document in Ms Word. Lets say I wanted to change the name of the person I was writing about. Is there a way to change the name without manually doint it. Ex. Bill was an incredible person. He types at a fast rate and he is cool. Bill is a good role model I want to change Bill to Ted without manually doing ti Change would be Ted was an incredible person. He types at a fast rate and he is cool Ted is a good role model.

02-12-2005, 03:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
mark3567 Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Hi, I have the older version, but doubt if they have changed it. Go to EDIT, and then select REPLACE and alas, put in the word you want to replace, enter the one you want, and select replace all. Might be a good idea to double check it to make sure all are gone. Hope that helps you.

02-12-2005, 03:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2 OS: XP	thx Thats exactly what i want it to do. oh great computer wisdom genius.

02-12-2005, 07:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
jaytechman Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 62 OS: XP Pro	Just remember that if you're changing gender, or going from one person to a few, you want to search for all instances of "he" and "his" or "them" and so on.