Using Find & Replace Tools in Word 2019 for Windows

In this 7-video course learners will explore handy tools allowing them to jump to essentially any point in a document. Discover how to navigate between pages or lines with the Go To tool or jump through headings by using the Navigation Pane. Key topics covered here include how to use wildcard codes to perform approximate searches in Word; how to search for variable spellings specific prefixes and even half-complete numbers; and how to use the Advanced Search options which allow you to specify the words case or format and even search for prefixes suffixes or multiple forms of your search query. Observe how to define replacement text to allow quick changes to a document. Learn the special uses of symbols—including asterisks square brackets and exclamation points—to simplify a search. Continue by observing how to use Word Replace function to make systematic changes to a documents text—such as replacing double hyphens with em dashes or replacing French-style quotation marks with normal quotation marks. In order to practice what you have learned you will find the Word document named Word 2019 for Windows: Using Find & Replace Tools Exercise as well as the associated materials in the Resources section.