Wildcards

 
We use wildcard characters to search in our text, when we do not know the correct spelling of a word.
Would you like to use wildcards in your search, then the option “Use wildcards” has to be checked in the dialog “Find and Replace”. (See previous lesson)
There are many different wildcards, although only a few are being used regularly.
For example, the asterisk (*) I think the is most used.
An asterisk replaces any number of characters in a word.
An example:
Looking to b * t, then the words bone, bat, boat, beet etc. are found.
The number and type of letter(s) does not matter, but if the word begins with b and ends with a t then it shows up on the list.

A second example of a wildcard is the question mark (?).
The question mark matches any character, but only one character.
Looking for example to c?p, then the words cup and cap will be found.
For example, if you put two question marks between two characters, then it will search for two characters between the start and the final letter.

A third example of a wildcard character is @.
This sign replaces one or more characters that stand in front of the @ sign.
For example, if you search schools@ l it finds the words like schol.

A final example of wildcard characters are the square brackets []
This wil find each word where each letter in the square brackets is considered good.

Click the button “Special” at the bottom of the dialog “Find and Replace” at 9 wildcards to view. A complete list of wildcards can be found under the Help option in Word 2007.

Replaced

The option “Replace” allows us to replace certain words or phrases by other words and phrases.
This goes a lot faster than having to change each word individually.
Click the button “Replace” under the tab “Home” in the ribbon.
This opens the dialog “Find and Replace”, in which the tab “Replace” is selected by default.

 

In the top box type the word you want to replace
In the box below, type the word that you want to replace the previous word with.
Clicking on the button “Replace”, replaces the first found word with the replacement word, It looks for the same word in your document after this, and it goes on, and on, until your document is fully searched.
Clicking on the button “Replace All” replaces all the words in your document similar to the word we typed.
I hope you understand everything I’ve said, it’s harder to explain than to do.

Wildcards can not be used in the “Replace with”.

The button “Browse Select Object”

The option “Select Browse Object” in the document allows you to navigate between different objects.
The button “Browse Select Object” we find to the bottom right of the vertical scroll bar.
When you click this button, a menu appears with various objects which you can browse:
Pages, sections, comments, footnotes, endnotes, fields, tables, image, header, and processing. The last two options, Find and Go To, are also found in the dialog “Find and Replace”.

Choose an object from the popup menu, for example, “Section” to which you want to browse through.
Word will go to the first section in your document.
Click the “Next” button to go to the next section.
And click the “Back” button to see the previous section.

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