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.

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.

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.

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
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"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.

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.

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.

Did you want the name capitalized? Was the name you were replacing
capitalized? Did you type the name into the "Replace with" box capitalized?
I'm not sure I understand your question. Give us more detail on what result
you were expecting (what word you were trying to replace with what other
word) and what result you got instead.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Brian Papworth" Brian wrote in message
...
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.