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You can use the Find and Replace command in Word to replace all occurrences of one bit of text with other text. The following steps show you the procedure:
1. Choose Edit --> Replace or press Ctrl+H.
The Replace dialog box appears.
2. Type the text you want to find in the Find What text box.
For example, Bandersnatch.
3. Type the text you want to substitute for the Find What text in the Replace With text box.
For example, Frumious Bandersnatch.
4. Click the Find Next button.
When Word finds the text, it highlights that text onscreen.
5. Click the Replace button to replace the text.
6. Repeat the Find Next and Replace sequence until you finish.
If you're absolutely positive that you want to replace all occurrences of your Find What text with the Replace With text, click the Replace All button. Taking this step automatically replaces all remaining occurrences of the text.
 | Replace All can be dangerous. You're bound to encounter at least one spot where you don't want the replacement to occur. Replacing the word mitt with glove, for example, changes committee to comgloveee (imagine the confusion that could cause). |
As for the Find command, you can click the More button to expand the dialog box so that additional options are visible. You can then use the Match Case, Find Whole Words Only, Use Wildcards, Sounds Like, and Find All Word Forms options. The last option is even smart enough to properly replace alternate word forms with the correct version of the replacement text. For example, if you replace run with walk, Word replaces running with walking and ran with walked.
Because Word is not 100% confident in its capability to properly replace all alternate word forms, you get a warning message if you select the Find All Word Forms option and click Replace All. Find All Word Forms doesn't always work perfectly, so you should verify each replacement.
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