Microsoft Office Word 2007 - Find and Replace

Microsoft Office Word 2007 has a find and replace feature that allows you to find and replace a text. The find and replace feature is a handy tool for replacing multiple similar words with a different word in the documents.

You can access the find and replace tool by going to Home > Editing. From the Editing drop down menu, you should select Find. After you select Find, the Find and Replace dialog box will appear. In the Find what text box, you can enter keyword term to search in document. Microsoft Office Word 2007 automatically keep a history of the terms which you search in the past. To see a list of past terms you search in the document, you should select from the drop down menu.

If you want to replace a term, you should switch to the Replace tab. In the Find what field, you can enter the search term. In the Replace with field, you can enter the replace term.

If you want to use the advance options, you can click on the More button. If you want to find and replace words that are in the same case with the search term, you can check the Match case check box. If you want the prefix of the words to match with the prefix of the search term, you can check the Match prefix checkbox. If you want the suffix of the words to match with the suffix of the search term, you can check the Match suffix checkbox. If you want the replaced words to match exactly with the search item, you should check the Find the whole words only checkbox. When you are done, you should click on the Replace button. If you click the Replace button, only one word that match the search term criteria will be replaced. If you click the Replace All button, all the words in the document that match the search term criteria will be replaces.