In Word 2003, Replace is on the Edit menu. Click the Home tab and then click Replace in the Editing group.The quickest way to correct the situation is to use Find & Replace as follows: Now imagine a long document filled with the word PC some are properly formatted and others aren't. (We're keeping the example simple on purpose - I see no reason to make you scan through several paragraphs, but that's what you'll probably be facing when you apply this to your own work.) The author should've applied the style Intense Emphasis to each occurrence of the word PC, but as you can see, she missed one. In the example document (shown below), the word PC appears twice. Then, I'll show you how to replace one style with another.Īpplying the same style to each occurrence of a particular string First, I'll show you how to change the style of a particular string. When this happens, I show the author how to use Word's Find & Replace feature to correctly apply styles.
A visual hit or miss might catch everything, but most likely, the author will still miss something. Or, the author applied the right style, inconsistently! Either way, someone has to fix it. For instance, the document might use a special style for code but the author missed a few keywords. I run across lots of documents with inconsistent formatting.