5th Class Computers Science Microsoft Word Find and Replace

     Find and Replace

When you create a document in Microsoft Word, you may decide to change a certain word or phrase that is repeated throughout the document. For example, in your Computer project on Email, you may have spelt E-mail in two different ways -  E - mail and e-mail. For the sake of consistency, you can change all the instances of the word to e- mail with the Find and Replace feature of Word. (See Figure 5.4.1)  

  Steps:

• Place your cursor at the beginning of your document.
• Click on the Edit menu.
• Click on the Find option. The Find and Replace window open.
• Select the Replace tab.
• Type the word or phrase that you want to find in the "Find what" box.
• Type the word or phrase you want to replace it with in the "Replace with" box.
• Select All, Up or Down in the Search drop-down menu to tell Word how much or which part of the document you want to cover with this search and replace.
• Select Find Next or Replace if you want to manually replace each word or phrase.
• Select Replace All if you want Word to automatically search for and replace each instance of the word or phrase without first checking with you.

 To change the spelling of a certain word you would use the__________.

(A) Find dialog box                                         

(B) Replace dialog box

(C) Find and Replace dialog box                

(D) none of these

(E) All of these  

Answer: (C)

Explanation

Correct Option:

(C) Find and Replace dialog box: To change the spelling of a certain word you would use the Find and Replace dialog box.

Incorrect Options:

(A) Find dialog box: This option is incorrect

(B) Replace dialog box: This option is incorrect

(D) None of these-This is an invalid option    

 Word can automatically search for and replace each instance of the word or phrase without first checking with you. The statement is _________.

(A) True                                                                      

(B) False  

Answer: (a)

Explanation

Correct Option:

(A) True: The 'Replace All' option allows Word to change all the instances of a certain word automatically.

Incorrect Option:

(B) False