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。 選擇 主頁標籤 在功能區中。
2。 導航 編輯 section. Click on the drop-down arrow on editing to open further options.
3. Click on the drop-down arrow beside 發現.
4。 點擊 高級查找.
5. 查找和替換 window pops up. Click on 更多。
6。 在裡面 發現 部分,選擇 格式 button, then Choose 字體
7。 在裡面 字體 style section, select 膽大 並點擊 確定。
8。 選擇 查找下一個“ 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。 打開 Word文件 that has the italicized words you want to find
2。 點擊 主頁選項卡 in the Ribbon
3。 導航 編輯 section.Click on the drop-down arrow on editing to open further options.
4. Click on the drop-down arrow beside 找。
5。 點擊 Advanced Find.
6. 查找和替換 window pops up. Click on 更多
7。 點擊 格式 drop-down arrow and choose 字體
8。 在裡面 字體 樣式 部分,選擇 斜體 並點擊 確定。
9。 選擇 查找下一個“ 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:
- 字體
- 字體大小
- 大綱
- 下劃線
- 膽大
- 斜體
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。 按 Ctrl + H keys together to display the 查找和替換 對話框。
2。 點擊 更多。
3. Click on the Format drop-down arrow.
4。 選擇一個 字體.
5。 選擇 字體樣式 您想找到。
6。 接下來,單擊 OK
7。 點擊 更換 框。
8。 點擊 格式 然後選擇 字體
9。 選擇 字體 that will be used for replacement
10.然後,點擊 OK.
11。 點擊 查找下一個“ and then click Replace for each occurrence. You can also select Click “全部替換”.
注意: 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 無所畏懼 appears below 尋找什麼.
13。 點擊 更換 帶框
14. Click drop-down arrow beside 格式 然後選擇 字體.
15。 在裡面 字體樣式 區域,點擊 No Bold.
16.然後,點擊 OK.
17。 點擊 查找下一個“ 然後單擊 “全部替換”.
18。 點擊 關閉.
How to Remove Character Formatting in Word
To remove character formatting in Word follow the steps mentioned below:
1。 按 Ctrl + H keys 同時打開 Find and Replace dialog box.
2。 點擊 更多.
3。 點擊 格式 for the drop-down menu.
4。 選擇一個 字體.
5。 選擇 字體 style you want to find, and Click OK.
6。 點擊 更換 with box.
7。 點擊 格式 並選擇 字體.
8。 選擇 Regular ,在 字體樣式 區
9. 關 any other formatting.
10。 點擊 OK.
11。 點擊 查找下一個“ 然後單擊 更換 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。 按 Ctrl + H 顯示 Replace dialog box.
2。 點擊 更多
3。 點擊 沒有格式化 at the bottom of the dialog box.
4。 點擊 Replace With box.
5。 點擊 沒有格式化 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。 按 Ctrl + H keys simultaneously to display the Find and Replace dialog box.
2。 點擊 更多。
3。 點擊 格式 for the drop-down menu
4。 選擇 段.
5. Select the format you want to find.
注意: You can also enter specific amounts in this dialog box. Paragraph formatting includes alignment, indents, line spacing and space before and after.
6。 點擊 OK.
7。 點擊 Replace with box.
8。 點擊 格式 然後選擇 段.
9。 選擇 格式 you want to use as replacements. You can also enter specific amounts in this dialog box
10。 點擊 OK.
11。 點擊 查找下一個“ 然後單擊 更換 for each occurrence or click 全部替換。
12.最後,點擊 關閉.
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 微軟Word, 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 鍵) 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.
注意: 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.
常見問題(FAQ)
Q1. How do I find the instance of a word document?
Ans. Press Ctrl + F 鍵 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?
答。 媒體推薦 Ctrl + B keys together to bold the text. Click the 尋找 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 ?
答。 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 鍵 and select the next item that you want.
注意: Be sure to press and hold CTRL 鍵 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.