What is the definition find and replace for microsoft word?
Find and Replace are actually two separate items in Microsoft Word. Find does just that, it finds any string of characters you type in. This is very helpful, especially with a large document.Replace will also find the next instance of any string of characters you type into the search box and will replace that string with the string you define. Using Replace, you have two options, you can find the next instance and decide whether or not you want to replace that string, or you can click on the "Replace All" radio button to replace every instance of that string.Care must be taken if you use the "Replace All" option. For instance, if you want to replace the string "the" with "a", words such as "other" will become "oar". Obviously not what you want. "Replace All" works well when having to replace names in a document. All instances of that name can be changed in one click.