MS Office Word: Find and replace words

In this article we will show you how to search and replace words in MS Office Word. You will always find the same words or combinations of characters and can change them throughout the document.

Search Word documents for words

With Word Search you can browse entire files. You can either search the entire document, start the query for individual pages or limit your search to the headings:

1. To do this, click on the "Start" tab and select the "Search" entry in the "Edit" area.
2. Alternatively, open the search with the key combination [Ctrl] + [F].

Find and replace text or numbers in Word

While you can only find your results more quickly with the pure search, you can also use the "Replace" function to change words, numbers or combinations of characters. For example, to eradicate common typos:

1. Also open the "Start" tab and select the "Replace" entry in the "Edit" area.
2. A two-line search bar appears in the document: Enter your search query in the upper area and the term in the lower area by which you want to replace what you are looking for.
3. Under the "Advanced" button you will find options with which you can refine your search even further.
4. Click "Replace" to change the currently highlighted word. With "Replace all" you correct all corresponding words in the document.

This article refers to MS Office Word 2010. In other practical tips, we will show you how to set up the spell checker in Word for several languages ​​or how to change the spell checker language.