[2cors]

is there a way to do a find and replace across serveral word documents
without installing 3rd party software

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.gmayor.com/batch_replace.htm

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"2cors" wrote in message
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is there a way to do a find and replace across serveral word documents
without installing 3rd party software

[Pthom]

There used to be.

Okay, that was too flip.

Depending on which version of Word you use, you should be able to do a
search in the File: Open dialog for the desired word or phrase. And,
depending on which version you use, you should be able to even specify
formatting in said search. Once the files are located, you then have to open
each one and do your global search/replace in the ordinary way.

I find that in Word 2002 this feature is so buggy as to be unusable. But in
Word 2000 and in 2003, it works fine.


"2cors" wrote:

is there a way to do a find and replace across serveral word documents
without installing 3rd party software

[Graham Mayor]

I suggest you read the link posted a week ago!

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Pthom wrote:
There used to be.

Okay, that was too flip.

Depending on which version of Word you use, you should be able to do a
search in the File: Open dialog for the desired word or phrase. And,
depending on which version you use, you should be able to even specify
formatting in said search. Once the files are located, you then have
to open each one and do your global search/replace in the ordinary
way.

I find that in Word 2002 this feature is so buggy as to be unusable.
But in Word 2000 and in 2003, it works fine.


"2cors" wrote:

is there a way to do a find and replace across serveral word
documents without installing 3rd party software