Find and Replace

This is another important skill that can save you a lot of time and effort for many things. Now I always try and find the quickest way to do things. You can ask my mother. When I try and teach her something on the computer, I just "click, click, click" (her words). But I digress, Find can also be used in many programs and save a great deal of time.

Reasons to use find and replace:

  • To find instructions on this (or any website with lots of content)
  • To find text within a file or document (this applies to most programs)
  • To find a specific email in your email program (not online email accounts: hotmail, gmail, yahoo mail)
  • Etc...
This tool gets even more useful if you do a lot of writing or editing.



Once again, I will go through many of the scenarios above.

To find words on a website, a document, a file, an email:
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To make you use this tool I will be very sneaky. I have actually hidden a word on this website which you will not be able to see unless you search for it. "victory" is yours. Find it.

  1. Click on "Edit" in the menu bar..
  2. Click on "Find on this page..." or simply "Find" (in some other programs).
  3. Type in the secret word. (Hint: It is above just above the directions and sticks out)
  4. Click "Next" to get to the hidden word if it isn't the first result.
To find and replace words in a document or file:
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This is extremely useful when it comes to typing and editing files in programs such as word, excel and powerpoint.
  1. Open a new Microsoft Word document or Open wordpad if you don't have Word. (how do I open wordpad?)
  2. Copy and paste the following text into the program. You remember copy and paste don't you.

    "This is a test text written for tutorialcomputer.com. I was told by fixing it I could achieve world domination. I was told victori was mine. Unfortunately, its hard to have victori when they can't even type it without making a mistake. I am a computer beginner and don't have a lot of experience with document editing and using these programs but I will get there. I will have victori. After this lesson, I will actually be able to change words throughout documents without having to find them manually and change them all one-by-one. It's going to be great. I remember the countless hours I used to spend at editing page on top of page manually and wasting all my time fixing things that I thought could be easier and quicker. Well now victori is mine."

  3. Type in the secret word. (Hint: Same as previous question)
  4. Oops! Silly me! I typed in "victori" instead of "vicotry". Could you fix them all for me please?
  5. Click on "Edit" in the menu bar.
  6. Click on "Replace". (I have Word and can't see replace? Help?)
  7. Type in the word you want to change "victori" and the word to change it to "victory".
  8. Click on "Replace All".
victory

Thats is Find and Replace! Congrats!

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