Word 2000

Using Find and Replace

You can spend quite a bit of time trying to find a particular word of phrase in your document. Find and Replace, another time-saving Word 2000 feature, can do a lot of work for you.

For example, a corporation has changed the name of one of its departments from Accounts Payable to Purchasing. You created a long document, typing Accounts Payable again and again throughout the document. Using Find and Replace to replace Accounts Payable with Purchasing. It will make your life a lot easier.

Using the Find feature:

• Choose Edit Find from the menu bar. (Ctrl + F) The Find and Replace dialog box appears.
• In the Find What: box, type the word or phrase you want to find.
• Click Find Next to start the search.
• After reaching the first selection, click the cancel button to close the dialog box.

If you need to conduct a more detailed search:

• Choose Edit Find. (Ctrl + F) The Find and Replace dialog box appears.
• In the Find What: box, type the word or phrase you want to find.
• Click More to conduct a detailed search.
• Click the Search list box if you want to limit your search to a specific part of the document.
• Use the check boxes to limit your search.
• Click Format if you want to limit your search to words in a specific Font, Paragraph, Language, or Style.
• Click Special to search for punctuation marks or section breaks.
• Click Find Next.