Changing a single word throughout an entire manuscript.

[john vincent]

I've written a book ( 100,000 words )and want to change several of the names of the characters. Obviously, I want avoid going through the entire manuscript retyping all the names, is there a fast and easy way to do this? I have word for Mac 2011. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Ian]

Hi John, I've only got the Windows version of Word, but doing a find and replace is certainly possible (CTRL+H for Windows).

I've done some searching and it looks like you can do it like this:

• Type old word in to the search box
• On the magnifying glass dropdown menu, click replace
• In the "replace with" box, type in the new word
• Click "replace all".

Welcome to the forums!

 

[ni oleo]

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I've written a book ( 100,000 words )and want to change several of the names of the characters. Obviously, I want avoid going through the entire manuscript retyping all the names, is there a fast and easy way to do this? I have word for Mac 2011. Any help would be much appreciated.

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ctrl f ( enter name) replace all with ( new name)