How to search and use find and replace
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Problem
How can you search and use find and replace in a Google document?
Environment
- Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
Solution
Use find and replace in a document or presentation
- On your computer, open a document or presentation in Google Docs or Google Slides.
- Click Edit > Find and replace.
- Next to Find, type the word you want to find. If you want to replace the word, enter the new word next to Replace with.
- To see the next time the word is used, click Next. To go back to the previous word, click Prev.
- Optional: Narrow your search by using an option below.
- Match case: Matches only words with the same capitalization.
- Match using regular expressions: In Google Docs, matches words based on regular expressions.
- To replace the highlighted word, click Replace. To replace the word every time it’s used, click Replace all.
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Last updated 2024-02-23 UTC.
[{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "missingTheInformationINeed",
"label":"Missing the information I need"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "tooComplicatedTooManySteps",
"label":"Too complicated / too many steps"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "outOfDate",
"label":"Out of date"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "samplesCodeIssue",
"label":"Samples / code issue"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "otherDown",
"label":"Other"
}]
[{
"type": "thumb-up",
"id": "easyToUnderstand",
"label":"Easy to understand"
},{
"type": "thumb-up",
"id": "solvedMyProblem",
"label":"Solved my problem"
},{
"type": "thumb-up",
"id": "otherUp",
"label":"Other"
}]