You want to find and change paragraph formatting.For example, you want to format every instance of your company name in bold and blue. You want to format specific text with consistent formatting.You want to find every instance of blue and change it to green.You want to change every instance of one font and change it to another font.Character formatting includes any formatting in the Font group on the Home tab in the Ribbon or in the Font dialog box. You want to remove character formatting throughout your document such as every instance of bold.You may want to use Find and Replace in the following scenarios:

With Find and Replace, you can search for and change both character and paragraph formatting. You or even search for text with specific formatting and change the text and the formats. You can find and replace formatting in Word by searching for specific formatting, such as bold or italic, and changing it to other formats.

Use Find and Replace to Change Formatting in Microsoft Word Documentsīy Avantix Learning Team | Updated May 13, 2022Īpplies to: Microsoft ® Word ® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 or 365 (Windows)

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