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Find and Replace in MS Word

  • 26-10-2014 08:26PM
    #1
    nailforhammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭


    I have a document in which ageing is spelt "aging" but I need it to be spelt in the UK spelling ageing. However if I find and replace all it will also replace words such as imaging or disparaging to imageing etc. Is there anyway around this rather than just replacing each one individually?


Comments

  • #2
    brianwalshcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭brianwalshcork


    There should be a "match whole word" option...

    Which version if word are you using?


  • #3
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    You can add spaces in front and after when finding - " aging "


  • #4
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    In the find/replace "box", click more & select "Find whole words Only".

    This will only select the full word & not partial parts of it elsewhere.


  • #5
    brianwalshcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭brianwalshcork


    That will fail on " aging." though


  • #6
    nailforhammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭nailforhammer


    brianwalshcork wrote: »
    There should be a "match whole word" option...

    Which version if word are you using?

    Oh yes thank you I see it now. It's irrelevant now but it's Mac Word 2011


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