Finding and replacing text
WordPerfect lets you find and replace text. You can search for words, phrases, or individual characters in a document. Once the text is found, you can replace some or all occurrences of the text with other text, or you can delete the text.
You can search for text that is displayed in a specific font or case.
You can also find and replace forms of a word. For example, you can replace forms of the word “entry” with the word “insertion.” Therefore, if the plural form, “entries,” is found, it is replaced with the word “insertions.” Furthermore, you can search for occurrences of words that are whole words, and not part of a larger word. For example, if you do a default search for the word “sum,” you will find “sum,” “summer,” and “summit.” If you do a whole-word search for the word “sum,” you will find only occurrences of the word “sum.”
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Click Edit
 Find and replace. |
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In the Find box, type the text you want to search for.
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Type the replacement text in the Replace with box.
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Click one of the following:
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Find next — finds the next occurrence of the search text
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Find prev — finds the previous occurrence of the search text
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Replace — finds and replaces the next occurrence of the search text
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Replace all — finds and replaces all occurrences of the search text
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You can also
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Find the next occurrence of the search text
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Press Ctrl + Alt + N.
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Find the previous occurrence of the search text
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Press Ctrl + Alt + P.
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You can delete all occurrences of a text string by typing the text you want to delete in the Find box and leaving the Replace with box empty.
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You can search for a word or phrase you searched for previously by choosing the word or phrase from the Find list box.
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To find text in a specific font | |
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Click Edit
Find and replace. |
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In the Find box, type the text you want to find.
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Click Match
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Enable the Font check box.
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Choose a font from the Font list box.
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Click one of the following:
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Find next — finds the next occurrence of the search text
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Find prev — finds the previous occurrence of the search text
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To find and replace case-specific text | |
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Click Edit
Find and replace. |
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Click Match
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In the Find box, type the text you want to find.
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Type the replacement text in the Replace with box.
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Click one of the following:
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Find next — finds the next occurrence of the search text
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Find prev — finds the previous occurrence of the search text
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Replace — finds and replaces the next occurrence of the search text
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Replace all — finds and replaces all occurrences of the search text
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To find and replace a form of a word | |
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Click Edit
Find and replace. |
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Click Type
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In the Find box, type the word you want to find.
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Type the replacement word in the Replace with box.
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Click one of the following:
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Find next — finds the next occurrence of the word
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Find prev — finds the previous occurrence of the word
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Replace — finds and replaces the next occurrence of the word
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Replace all — finds and replaces all occurrences of the word
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To find and replace a whole word | |
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Click Edit
Find and replace. |
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Click Match
Whole word. |
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In the Find box, type the word you want to find.
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Type the replacement word in the Replace with box.
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Click one of the following:
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Find next — finds the next occurrence of the word
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Find prev — finds the previous occurrence of the word
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Replace — finds and replaces the next occurrence of the word
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Replace all — finds and replaces all occurrences of the word
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