Use the word processors search function to locate text and more.

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Use the basic tool to look for instances of a specific word, or the advanced options to perform tasks such as replace all instances of a word with another one or search for equations.

In the Navigation pane, enter the text you want to search for.

A list of matching words displays in the Navigation pane and instances of the word are highlighted in the main document.

There are three ways to cycle through the results in the Navigation pane.

Select the Up and Down arrows to move to the previous or next result.

Select the Down arrow to move to the next instance of the word.

Beyond searching for every instance of a word, you can get more specific about what you want to find.

For example, to find whole instances of a word and not every word that contains the letter combination.

In the Find Options dialog box, choose the description that best fits what youre trying to find.

Many of the choices available in the Find Options dialog box are also available in Advanced Find.

Advanced Find includes the option to replace the text with something new.

Based on your selection, Word replaces one instance or all instances at once.

You can also replace the formatting, or change the language, paragraph, and tab settings.

Other options in the Navigation pane include searching for equations, tables, graphics, footnotes, endnotes, and comments.

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