Microsoft Word is the most used word processor designed by Microsoft. Among the variety of features offered by MS Word, Find and Replace is a prominent feature where users can Find and Replace font formatting in Microsoft Word. It can be done by searching for specific formatting, such as bold/ italic/ underline; you can even change it to other formats. You can search and change character and paragraph formatting with Find and Replace. Word lets you find the next instance of text formatted in bold, etc. Read the article below to know how to do these easily when you have a lot of word pages to change the formatting.
How to Find the Next Instance of Text Formatted in Bold
MS Word’s Bold feature lets you bold the text to highlight it and make it stand out as important in the text written. Sometimes while reviewing text files, you want to go through all the headings or text put in bold to get the idea of what is written. You might think you would have to scroll down to the word document, but you could find the next instance of text formatted in bold by following the steps given below:
1。 選択します ホームタブ リボンで。
2。 案内する 編集 section. Click on the drop-down arrow on editing to open further options.
3. Click on the drop-down arrow beside もう完成させ、ワークスペースに掲示しましたか?.
4。 クリック 高度な検索.
5. 検索および置換 window pops up. Click on もっと。
6。 の中に もう完成させ、ワークスペースに掲示しましたか? セクションで、 フォーマット button, then Choose フォント。
7。 の中に フォント style section, select ピン をクリックし [OK]をクリックします。
8。 選択します 次を検索 button to search the document for bold text.
The bold text will be highlighted in the document. Hence, this is how you can find the next instance of text formatted in bold.
Now you can easily navigate throught a long Word file and find all the things in Bold for easy access. If you want to search and replace instance of bold on the word document, select the Replace tab.
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How to Search for Italics in Word
While reading through a long Word document, all you might need is a word or phrase. Most of the phrases are put in Italics to make them catchy and attractive for the reader to specifically focus on it. With the steps given below you will able to search for italics in Word:
1。 開く Word文書 that has the italicized words you want to find
2。 クリック [ホーム]タブ in the Ribbon
3。 案内する 編集 section.Click on the drop-down arrow on editing to open further options.
4. Click on the drop-down arrow beside 見つけます。
5。 クリック Advanced Find.
6. 検索および置換 window pops up. Click on その他
7。 クリックしてください フォーマット drop-down arrow and choose フォント。
8。 の中に フォント セクション、選択 イタリック体 をクリックし [OK]をクリックします。
9。 選択します 次を検索 button to begin searching the document for Italicized text.
The Italicized text will be highlighted in the document
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What is Character Formatting?
Character formatting is basically how text is written it includes letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols, it appears on the screen and in print. Character formatting lets you choose:
- フォント
- フォントサイズ
- アウトライン
- 下線
- ピン
- イタリック
How to Find and Replace Character Formatting
If you want to search for a specific formatting and change it to another, for example you want to change all your Bold text to Italics. Follow the steps given below to find and replace character formatting:
1。 押す Ctrl + H キー together to display the 検索および置換 ダイアログボックス。
2。 クリック もっと。
3. Click on the Format drop-down arrow.
4。 を選択 フォント.
5。 選択します フォントスタイル あなたが見つけたい。
6.次に、をクリックします OK
7。 クリック と交換 ボックス。
8。 クリック フォーマット 次に選択します フォント
9。 選択します フォント that will be used for replacement
10.次に、をクリックします OK.
11。 クリック 次を検索 and then click Replace for each occurrence. You can also select Click すべて置換.
注: If you are trying to replace bold with italics, this would add italics to the bold text.
12. If you now want to remove bold, ensure 大胆な appears below 何を探します.
13。 クリックしてください 交換する 箱付き
14. Click drop-down arrow beside フォーマット 次に選択します フォント.
15。 の中に フォントスタイル エリア、クリック No Bold.
16.次に、をクリックします OK.
17。 クリック 次を検索 [OK]をクリックします すべて置換.
18。 クリック 閉じる.
How to Remove Character Formatting in Word
To remove character formatting in Word follow the steps mentioned below:
1。 押す Ctrl + H キー 同時に開くには Find and Replace dialog box.
2。 クリック その他.
3。 クリック フォーマット for the drop-down menu.
4。 を選択 フォント.
5。 選択します フォント style you want to find, and Click OK.
6。 クリックしてください 交換する with box.
7。 クリック フォーマット をクリックして フォント.
8。 選択 レギュラー セクションに フォントスタイル エリア
9. オフにします any other formatting.
10。 クリック OK.
11。 クリック 次を検索 [OK]をクリックします 交換する for each word/ phrase or click Replace All.
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How to Clear Find and Replace Formatting from Past Searches
Even if you have wrongly formatted something, you can follow the steps below to clear Find and Replace formatting from previous searches:
1。 押す Ctrl + H を表示する Replace dialog box.
2。 クリック その他
3。 クリック 書式設定なし at the bottom of the dialog box.
4。 クリックしてください Replace With box.
5。 クリック 書式設定なし at the bottom of the dialog box.
How to Apply Find and Replace Formatting in Paragraph and Text?
Word allows use of Find and Replace to change paragraph formatting. For example, you may want to find every instance of a paragraph with a space before of 10 pt and a space after of 8 pt and change it to a space before of 9 pt and a space after of 7 pt. This type of formatting can be included in styles.
1。 押す Ctrl + H キー simultaneously to display the Find and Replace dialog box.
2。 クリック もっと。
3。 クリック フォーマット for the drop-down menu
4。 選択します 段落.
5. Select the format you want to find.
注: You can also enter specific amounts in this dialog box. Paragraph formatting includes alignment, indents, line spacing and space before and after.
6。 クリック OK.
7。 クリックしてください Replace with box.
8。 クリック フォーマット 次に選択します 段落.
9。 選択します フォーマット you want to use as replacements. You can also enter specific amounts in this dialog box
10。 クリック OK.
11。 クリック 次を検索 [OK]をクリックします 交換する for each occurrence or click すべて交換してください。
12.最後に、をクリックします 閉じる.
For text formatting, the user can enter text in the Find what and Replace with boxes for finding text with specific formatting and replacing it.
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Scenarios to Use Find & Replace
There are many ways to use Find and Replace Font formatting in マイクロソフトワード, but knowing in what scenarios these formattings work the best is also important. It might make sense to apply formatting changes manually. For example, if you just need to change the color of the text, you can simply do this by selecting all (Ctrl+Aキー) and then doing the necessary changes you want. Let us look at some scenarios where you can use find formatting in Word:
- To remove character formatting throughout the document such as every instance of bold.
注: Character formatting includes any formatting in the Font group on the Home tab in the Ribbon or in the Font dialog box.
- To change every instance of one Font and change it to some other font.
- To find every instance of one color and change it to another color.
- To format specific text with consistent formatting. For example, formatting every instance of your name in bold and blue.
- To find and change paragraph formatting. For example, for every paragraph that is aligned to the left with single line spacing, you’d like to align to the right and change the line spacing to 1.15.
よくある質問(FAQ)
Q1. How do I find the instance of a word document?
Ans. Press Ctrl + F キー simultaneously on your keyboard. Click on the Search document box in the Navigation pane. Type the text you want to find. The search runs automatically and the results are highlighted in the document. The Navigation pane lists all instances of the Word.
Q2. How do I select all bold text in Word?
Ans。 イベント Ctrl + B キー together to bold the text. Click the 見つける option and choose the Document. Word selects and highlights all the bold words and phrases in the document.
Q3. What is bold in MS Word ?
Ans。 Bold/ bold face/ bold font is the darker text with thicker strokes to the letters. Bold text in a body paragraph helps emphasize a remark or comment. It makes the word/ phrase stand out in document. For example, bold text is written here.
Q4. How do you select multiple instances of the same Word?
Ans. To select items that are not next to each other, you need to select the first item that you want, then hold CTRLキー and select the next item that you want.
注: Be sure to press and hold CTRLキー while you select the next item that you want to include in the selection.
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We hope that this article gives you a clear idea of how to change formatting in MS Word using the Find and Replace option. We have also detailed on how to find the next instance of text formatted in bold and search for italics in word document.