Search and Replace text in word doc

rm2dance · 24. Mar 2011, 01:20 PM

Looking for a program to Search and Replace text in word doc. So I would enter in a word/phrase, the program will search through all text in a .docx file for that word/phrase, and Replace all with the designated Replace word/phrase. Thank you.

kendall.a · 24. Mar 2011, 08:42 PM

I must not quite understand your question. Why? Because Word has this function built right into itself. All versions of Word have this ability. To find it depends upon which version of Word you are using.

rm2dance · 28. Mar 2011, 02:55 PM

it's Office word 07

i dont think it does what im looking for. i should rephrase the question:

"..the program will search through all text in [ALL] .docx file for that word/phrase, and Replace all with the designated Replace word/phrase."

jim · 28. Mar 2011, 04:44 PM

Your request is still a bit strange or mis-spelled. Do you mean all docx files (if so you left the s off) or all words in the one file? I don't see why anyone would want to change a word in all their docs - unless it's a name change or something. As Kendall says the function is already there to change all words in one file.

torres-no-tan-magnifico · 28. Mar 2011, 05:50 PM

Menu>Edit>Find>Find and Replace

Anupam · 28. Mar 2011, 06:13 PM

I think they mean replacing words in several docx files. Its quite a legitimate request.

rm2dance, please look here :

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...e-utility.html

I haven't tried these programs myself, so don't know whether they will work with docx files, or not. You can give a try. I think they should.

rm2dance · 05. Apr 2011, 11:15 PM

yes all, and i tried looking but it seems like pretty much all programs "does not work with binary files" and .docx is supposedly a binary file. im sure there must be a simple program out there that does that: it seems that http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ch-utility.htm is able to search within so perhaps they also have a function that can replace though i dont expect that they would, but ill look them over. i sent in a request to be an editor of a page i was interested in, though i guess i didnt show enough interest and motivation, haha. o well i guess i wont be able to do any updates on the best-free-desktop-search-utility.htm

you may also like to do some merging like with http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...-organizer.htm and http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...es-utility.htm -- is there really a significant difference between say evernote and stickies? sure, they may both have different approach to note management, but essentially, that's what they both are. going around this site, sometimes i jus get lost.

oh im looking for this btw: what-program-can-remove-or-disable-recent-file-history-in-windows-xp

i also tried googling again on the search and replace and this thread is the 4th post on google^^

Super Simple · 13. Apr 2011, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rm2dance

yes all, and i tried looking but it seems like pretty much all programs "does not work with binary files" and .docx is supposedly a binary file.

DOCX is a ZIP file. You can unzip it to expose the underlying XML.

24. Mar 2011, 01:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
rm2dance Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 8	Search and Replace text in word doc Looking for a program to Search and Replace text in word doc. So I would enter in a word/phrase, the program will search through all text in a .docx file for that word/phrase, and Replace all with the designated Replace word/phrase. Thank you.

24. Mar 2011, 08:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
kendall.a Foundation Editor/Forum Manager Intern Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 1,814	I must not quite understand your question. Why? Because Word has this function built right into itself. All versions of Word have this ability. To find it depends upon which version of Word you are using. __________________ <-------Is looking for his brain....

28. Mar 2011, 05:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
torres-no-tan-magnifico Copy Editor Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 622	Menu>Edit>Find>Find and Replace __________________ Torres-no-tan-magnifico

28. Mar 2011, 06:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,484	I think they mean replacing words in several docx files. Its quite a legitimate request. rm2dance, please look here : http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...e-utility.html I haven't tried these programs myself, so don't know whether they will work with docx files, or not. You can give a try. I think they should. __________________ Anupam

05. Apr 2011, 11:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
rm2dance Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 8	yes all, and i tried looking but it seems like pretty much all programs "does not work with binary files" and .docx is supposedly a binary file. im sure there must be a simple program out there that does that: it seems that http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ch-utility.htm is able to search within so perhaps they also have a function that can replace though i dont expect that they would, but ill look them over. i sent in a request to be an editor of a page i was interested in, though i guess i didnt show enough interest and motivation, haha. o well i guess i wont be able to do any updates on the best-free-desktop-search-utility.htm you may also like to do some merging like with http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...-organizer.htm and http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...es-utility.htm -- is there really a significant difference between say evernote and stickies? sure, they may both have different approach to note management, but essentially, that's what they both are. going around this site, sometimes i jus get lost. oh im looking for this btw: what-program-can-remove-or-disable-recent-file-history-in-windows-xp i also tried googling again on the search and replace and this thread is the 4th post on google^^ Last edited by rm2dance; 05. Apr 2011 at 11:23 PM.

28. Mar 2011, 02:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
rm2dance Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 8	it's Office word 07 i dont think it does what im looking for. i should rephrase the question: "..the program will search through all text in [ALL] .docx file for that word/phrase, and Replace all with the designated Replace word/phrase."

28. Mar 2011, 04:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
jim Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: near Ashford Kent England Posts: 304	Your request is still a bit strange or mis-spelled. Do you mean all docx files (if so you left the s off) or all words in the one file? I don't see why anyone would want to change a word in all their docs - unless it's a name change or something. As Kendall says the function is already there to change all words in one file.

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