If at any time you have worked on a document originally created by someone else, you are most likely immediately frustrated by your horrible choice of fonts and formatting. What you may not realize is that the search and replace feature in Word makes it possible for you to replace more than just text.
You can easily find and replace all bold or italic text in a document, as an example. Or I could remove that ugly style from Title 2 what did they use … What were they thinking wearing bright red?
Open the Find and Replace dialog box from the menus, or just use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + H.
Click the Find blank box and, next, you will be able to use common keyboard shortcuts to specify a specific format. As an example, if I wanted to replace all bold text with normal text, I would use Ctrl + B in the box “Search what”, or for italics I would use Ctrl + I. You can even use multiple search criteria here.
If you have styles that are more difficult to replace with simple keyboard shortcuts, you can click the button “Plus” at the bottom left to show many more options.
Drop down menu “Format” will give you access to choose specific formatting options, as fonts or styles. Just be sure to click the box first “Search what” before choosing an option.
For “Replace with”, you must first click on that box and then choose the alternatives you want in the same way.
