Question

Word: Use "Find and Replace" correctly

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Search and replace - this is how it works
1st step:
2nd step:
3rd step:
4th step:
What search options are there?
quick start Guide

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We explain how you can use the "Find and Replace" tool in Word to correct your documents..

You can use Word's "Find and Replace" function to correct recurring spelling mistakes quickly and easily. Word offers you additional options for refining your search. We'll show you how it's done.

• Search and replace - this is how it works
• What search options are there?

Search and replace - this is how it works

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions .

1st step:

Press the key combination [Ctrl] + [H] or click the " Start " to " replace ".

2nd step:

In the " Search for: " field, enter the word you want to search for. In the " Replace with: " field, enter the new text, for example the corrected word. To account for other search options in your search, you can click " Expand click".

3rd step:

In the expanded area, check the option you want. Here we have put together an overview of the various options for you.

4th step:

Click Find Next . Word then automatically searches the document for the term. Then click on " Replace " to overwrite the displayed word with the correction. You can also apply all corrections at once by clicking " Replace All ".

What search options are there?

In the following table we have listed the options with which you can refine your search in the Replace tool:

Upper / lower case	Only words that are case-sensitive are replaced.
Search for whole words only	Words that only partially match are not replaced.
Use placeholders	Words that partially match will be replaced. For example: "M? Ster" finds the words "Master" and "Muster".
Match prefix	Words that have the same prefixes or initials are replaced.
Match suffix	Words with common suffixes or the same endings are replaced.
Ignore punctuation marks	Hyphenation is ignored.
Ignore spaces	The space between characters is ignored.

Upper / lower case	Only words that are case-sensitive are replaced.
Search for whole words only	Words that only partially match are not replaced.
Use placeholders	Wörter, die teilweise übereinstimmen, werden ersetzt. Zum Beispiel: "M?ster" findet die Wörter "Master" und "Muster".
Übereinstimmungs-Präfix	Wörter, die über die gleichen Präfixe oder Anfangsbuchstaben verfügen, werden ersetzt.
Übereinstimmungs-Suffix	Wörter mit allgemeinen Suffixen oder gleichen Endungen werden ersetzt.
Interpunktionszeichen ignorieren	Silbentrennung wird ignoriert.
Leerzeichen ignorieren	Der Abstand zwischen Zeichen wird ignoriert.

Note: Similar spellings and word forms can also be used as search options, but only in English..

quick start Guide

1. Press [Ctrl] + [H] or click the " Start " to " replace ".
2. In " Search for", enter the word you want to search for . Under " Replace ", enter the term to be inserted in place of the old word. Select " expand from" add special search options.
3. Set in the options to be considered, tick .
4. Then click on " Find next " to start searching within the document. To exchange individual words, click on " Replace ". If you want to replace all of them at the same time, click on " Replace All ".

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