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Change a name of a charactor in a novel automatically
I am writing anovel and have decided to change the name of several
charactors. I would like to do this automatically . Is there anyway in "Word" to do this. |
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You can use Edit | Replace.
Find: OldName Replace with: NewName tj "Helleon" wrote: I am writing anovel and have decided to change the name of several charactors. I would like to do this automatically . Is there anyway in "Word" to do this. |
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I followed your instructions and yes it changed the name of Ted to Lloyd ,
however it also changed every word that ended with ted. How do I stop it from doing this. I only want a name change. "Helleon" wrote: I am writing anovel and have decided to change the name of several charactors. I would like to do this automatically . Is there anyway in "Word" to do this. |
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Check the boxes for "Match case" and "Whole words only."
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "helleon" wrote in message ... I followed your instructions and yes it changed the name of Ted to Lloyd , however it also changed every word that ended with ted. How do I stop it from doing this. I only want a name change. "Helleon" wrote: I am writing anovel and have decided to change the name of several charactors. I would like to do this automatically . Is there anyway in "Word" to do this. |
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Thank you both for great answers. It saved me a great deal of time to be able
to change names of my charactors so easily. Many,many thanks. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Check the boxes for "Match case" and "Whole words only." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "helleon" wrote in message ... I followed your instructions and yes it changed the name of Ted to Lloyd , however it also changed every word that ended with ted. How do I stop it from doing this. I only want a name change. "Helleon" wrote: I am writing anovel and have decided to change the name of several charactors. I would like to do this automatically . Is there anyway in "Word" to do this. |
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I did the same thing but Word capitalized the new name. Why did this take
place? "helleon" wrote: Thank you both for great answers. It saved me a great deal of time to be able to change names of my charactors so easily. Many,many thanks. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Check the boxes for "Match case" and "Whole words only." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "helleon" wrote in message ... I followed your instructions and yes it changed the name of Ted to Lloyd , however it also changed every word that ended with ted. How do I stop it from doing this. I only want a name change. "Helleon" wrote: I am writing anovel and have decided to change the name of several charactors. I would like to do this automatically . Is there anyway in "Word" to do this. |
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