Replace and Find feature

Replace feature

Replace feature allows you to search for text with the goal being replacing the text with some other text

  • Go to Home tab > Editing group > click Replace

  •  In the Find and Replace dialog box, do the following:

    • Select Replace tab

    • In the Find what text box, enter the word to search

    • In the Replace with text box, enter the word to replace

    • Click More button

    • Under Search Options section, select Find whole words only check box or Match case check box > Replace All button to replace the word for entire of the document

    • For advance replacing with particular formatting in the document, under Replace section, click Special button or Format button

 

Find feature

  • Using the Navigation pane only can search for Text, Tables, Graphics or Equations

  • To search for particular formatting in the document including special characters and text with particular formatting, go to Home tab > Editing group > click Replace > click Find tab

  • For advance finding with particular formatting in the document, do the following:

    • Click More button

    • Under Find section,  click Special button or Format button

 

Change the case of text

  • Select the paragraph or text to change case

  • Go to Home tab > Font section > click the Change Case down arrow

  • Choose cases of text from the drop down list

    • Sentence case (make the first word to upper-cased first letter at the start of each sentence)

    • lowercase

    • UPPERCASE

    • Capitialize Each Word

    • tOGGLE cASE (takes every capital letter and turns it into a lowercase letter, every lowercase letter and turns it into an upper case or capital letter )



Subcripts and Supercripts feature

Subscripts and Superscripts are not exactly a case but they are similar

  • (1) Superscripts appear above the normal line of text in a document

  • (2) Subscripts appear below the normal line of text in a document

  • To make text superscript or subscript, do the following:

    • Select the text to format as superscript or subscript

    • Go to Home tab >  Font group

    • Do one of the following:

      • Click Superscript or press CTRL + SHIFT + =

      • Click Subscript or press CTRL + =


Use Text Effects

  • Text Effects gallery is new in Word 2010 that are generally used for tittles, headings and decorative document text

  • Four types of effects: Outline, Shadow, Reflection and Glow. Those effects can be combined two or more the same text

  • The Text Effects is in the Font group on the Home tab and comes with 20 pre-built effect combinations as well as four types of effects

  • The color of Text Effects will be based on the current document theme

  • To remove Text Effects applied for text or paragraph, select No Outline, No Shadow, No Reflection or No Glow from the drop down Text Effects menu