Which option will you click on to replace all occurrences of the given word?

You can find and replace in Word using the Find and Replace dialog box as well as the Navigation Pane. If you use the dialog box, you can find and replace text and numbers and use wildcards for more advanced find and replace tasks. Wildcards are useful when you are not able to find an exact match. You can display the Find and Replace dialog box using a keyboard shortcut or the Home tab in the Ribbon.

Word's Find and Replace function will search your documents for specific text, which can then be highlighted, replaced with different text or formatting, or left as-is. This function provides many advanced options to help make your search as specific as necessary to find what you are looking for.

Finding Text

Word allows you to find specific text in a variety of ways. You may choose to view each occurrence of the text individually, see all occurrences selected at once, or highlight all occurrences even after the Find and Replace dialog box is closed.

Accessing the Find and Replace Dialog Box

To find text, you must first access the Find and Replace dialog box.

  1. Windows: From the Home command tab, in the Editing group, click FIND

    Which option will you click on to replace all occurrences of the given word?

    Macintosh: From the Edit menu, select Find...
    OR
    Windows: Press [Ctrl] + [F]
    Macintosh: Press [command] + [F]
    The Find and Replace dialog box appears, with the Find tab displayed.
    Which option will you click on to replace all occurrences of the given word?

Finding Individual Occurrences

  1. Access the Find and Replace dialog box

  2. In the Find what text box, type the text you want to search for

  3. To set advanced options
    1. Windows: Click MORE >>
      Macintosh: Click
      Which option will you click on to replace all occurrences of the given word?
    2. Select the desired options

  4. Click FIND NEXT
    The first occurrence of the text is highlighted.
    NOTES:
    The appearance of your document may change as it moves to display the highlighted item.
    The text that is highlighted will be the first occurrence in the document after the location of your insertion point. (i.e., if your insertion point was placed in the middle of the document, this may not be the first occurrence in the document as a whole.)

  5. To find more occurrences of the text, repeat step 4
    NOTE: When Word has shown you every occurrence of the text, a dialog box will appear with the message "Word has finished searching the document."

  6. Click OK

  7. When finished, to close the Find and Replace dialog box, click CLOSE
    OR
    Click CANCEL

Finding All Occurrences

This option will highlight all occurrences of your text until the Find and Replace dialog box is closed.

  1. Access the Find and Replace dialog box

  2. In the Find what text box, type the text you want to search for

  3. To set advanced options
    1. Windows: Click MORE >>
      Macintosh: Click
      Which option will you click on to replace all occurrences of the given word?
    2. Select the desired options

  4. Windows: Click FIND IN » select Main Document
    Macintosh: Select Highlight all items found in and from the pull-down list, select Main Document

  5. Click FIND ALL
    All occurrences of the text are highlighted.

  6. To close the Find and Replace dialog box, click CLOSE
    OR
    Click CANCEL

Highlighting All Occurrences

This option will highlight all occurrences of your text until you choose to clear the highlighting.

NOTE: This option is for Windows only.

To highlight all occurrences:

  1. Access the Find and Replace dialog box

  2. In the Find what text box, type the text you want to search for

  3. To set advanced options
    1. Click MORE >>
    2. Select the desired options

  4. Click READING HIGHLIGHT » select Highlight All
    All occurrences of the text are highlighted in yellow.

  5. To close the Find and Replace dialog box, click CLOSE
    OR
    Click CANCEL

To clear all highlighting:

  1. Access the Find and Replace dialog box

  2. Click READING HIGHLIGHT » select Clear Highlighting
    All highlighted text returns to normal.

  3. To close the Find and Replace dialog box, click CLOSE
    OR
    Click CANCEL

Replacing Text

Word allows you to choose how to replace text in your document. You may choose to replace all occurrences of a particular word or phrase or look at each occurrence before deciding which to replace.

Accessing the Find and Replace Dialog Box

  1. Windows: From the Home command tab, in the Editing group, click REPLACE

    Which option will you click on to replace all occurrences of the given word?

    Macintosh: From the Edit menu, select Replace...
    OR
    Windows: Press [Ctrl] + [H]
    Macintosh: Press [shift] + [command] + [H]
    The Find and Replace dialog box appears, with the Replace tab displayed.
    Which option will you click on to replace all occurrences of the given word?

Replacing Individual Occurrences

  1. Access the Find and Replace dialog box

  2. In the Find what text box, type the text you want to be replaced

  3. In the Replace with text box, type the text that you want to insert

  4. To set advanced options
    1. Windows: Click MORE >>
      Macintosh: Click
      Which option will you click on to replace all occurrences of the given word?
    2. Select the desired options

  5. To find the first occurrence of your text, click FIND NEXT
    The first occurrence of the text is highlighted.
    NOTES:
    The appearance of your document may change as it moves to display the highlighted item.
    The highlighted text will be the first occurrence in the document after the location of your insertion point (i.e., if your insertion point was placed in the middle of the document, this may not be the first occurrence in the document as a whole).

  6. To replace the selected text, click REPLACE
    To leave this instance as-is and proceed to the next item, click FIND NEXT
    The next occurrence is highlighted.

  7. Click OK

  8. Repeat step 6 until you have replaced all desired occurrences
    NOTE: When Word has shown you every occurrence of the text, a dialog box will appear with the message "Word has finished searching the document."

  9. To close the Find and Replace dialog box, click CLOSE
    OR
    Click CANCEL

Replacing All Occurrences

This option will replace every occurrence of your text without showing you where the text was replaced.

WARNING: Use this option with care, as it may change the meaning of your document if text is replaced where it should not be.

Which tab contains Replace option in word?

From the Home tab, click the Replace command. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl+H on your keyboard. The Find and Replace dialog box will appear.

What is the Ctrl key for replace?

If you want to find and replace text in a Word document, use the key combo Ctrl + H. That will bring up the “Find and Replace” dialog box.

Which option you will click on if you want to replace only few instances in a document?

If you want to replace it, select one of the replace options. Replace will replace individual instances, and Replace All will replace every instance. In our example, we'll use the Replace option. The selected text will be replaced.