Hello students, you are all welcome to today's class.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson the student should be
able to:
1. Demonstrate
how to find and replace content and undo edited changes.
2. Make
use of the Find and Replace tool in MS Word under the Home tab.
3. Explore
the use of the editing group under the home tab.
Group 18 MEMBERS
5191040746 FRANCIS KWAME NSIAH
5191040747 SIMON DACOSTA ADU-GYAMFI
5191040748 RITA KAFUI GBLORKPOR
5191040749 LOUIS AKUOKO BASOAH
5191040750 FELICITY OSEI
Today's Topic
How to find and replace content and undo edited changes in word.
FIND means to discover, especially where a thing or person is, either unexpectedly or by searching, or to discover where to get or how to achieve something.
REPLACE means put (something) back in a previous place or position.
UNDO means to cancel or revert the effects or results of a previous action or measure.
To find and replace in word, don't waste time scanning through your document to find text and replace it with something new. The find and replace commands can do this for you with just a few clicks of your mouse.
You can use the Navigation pane to search for specific words or phrases in a document.
- Click Find on the Home tab.
- Click in the Search document box in the Navigation pane and type the text you want to find.
- Click a search result to jump to it in the document.
- Click Close when you're finished.
The Navigation pane appears on the left, displaying the Results view.
Or Press Ctrl + F.
The search runs automatically. Results are highlighted in the document, and the Navigation pane lists all instances of the word.
You can use the arrows under the search box to jump to the Previous or Next search result.
The Navigation pane closes.
Advanced Find
To search your documents for more specific items, such as certain capitalization or only whole words, use Advanced Find.
- Click Find button list arrow.
- Select Advanced Find.
- Type the word you're looking for in the Find box.
By default, the Find and Replace dialog box only shows the basics—a search field. There are more options available if you expand the dialog box.
- Click the More button.
- Check the advanced criteria you want to use.
You can choose to exactly match the case or only search for whole words. You can also use wildcards or ignore punctuation and spacing.
- Click Find Next.
Word navigates to and selects the next instance that fits the additional criteria.
- Click Close when you're done.
The Find and Replace dialog box opens.
The advanced options here let you set some options on how to conduct the search.
The Find and Replace dialog box closes.
Replace Text
If you’ve spelled something incorrectly in multiple places, Word can fix them all with just a few steps.
- Click Replace on the Home tab.
- Type the word you need to replace in the Find what text field.
- Type the word you need to replace in the Replace with text field.
- Select a replacement option.
- Replace: Replaces the first instance of the word. Keep clicking to fix them one at a time.
- Replace All: Fixes all instances of the word at once.
- Click OK.
- Click Close when you're done.
- There will also be a video recording on how to use the find and replace command. this is to enable you get better understanding of the concept.
The Find and Replace dialog box opens to the Replace tab.
Once all the instances of the word have been replaced, a dialog box will pop up to let you know it’s complete.
- Podcast on find, replace and undo
- click on it three times to play both the video and audio
Exercise 1. Use
‘Find and Replace’ to change all the ‘Humpty Dumpty’ to ‘Mighty Mac’. 2. List the steps involve in using the find and replace command. Assassination rumors! Did he fall or was
he pushed? Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty
Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men are
having scrambled eggs for a week. Local crime investigators would like
anyone who was in or near the area of the wall at 6am on Tuesday when Humpty
Dumpty met this accident to come forward with any information they might have
about the circumstances of Humpty Dumpty and his fall.
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