检查错误和编辑文档是写作过程的一部分。人们在MS Word和Google Docs中最常犯的错误之一就是拼写错误。如果要编辑文档中的单词或短语,您必须先搜索它。
这篇文章将教你如何在MS Word和Google Docs中查找和替换单词。它还将涵盖这些程序的桌面和移动版本。
替换 MS Word(桌面)中的单词(Replacing Words in MS Word (Desktop))
- 在您的计算机上打开Microsoft Word文档。按Ctrl + H 键或单击Home,然后转到Replace。
- (Enter)在“查找”框中(Find)输入需要更改的单词或短语以找到它们。
- 删除(Delete)您要更改的字词并输入它们的替换字词。您还可以使用“下一个”(Next )和“上一个(Previous )”按钮选择一个单词或短语。
- 单击全部替换以一次更新您在(Replace All )查找(Find)框中 键入的所有单词或短语。
- 单击保存(Save )以保留您所做的更改(keep the changes you have made)。
注意:(Note:) 如果您的 PC 崩溃,MS Word将帮助您恢复对文件的更改或恢复未保存的文档。(recover unsaved documents)
最新版本的MS Word还具有其他几个搜索选项,您可以使用这些选项来进一步优化搜索。
- 如果要查找大小写完全一致的单词或短语,请 选择大小写匹配。(Match case)
- 勾选仅查找整个单词(Find whole words only)以搜索与以空格开头和结尾的文本匹配的整个单词。
- 如果要在搜索中查找字符或短字符串, 请选择使用通配符。(Use wildcards)
- 如果您想包含与您正在搜索的单词发音相似的单词,请勾选听起来像(英语) 。(Sounds like (English))(例如,面团和虽然)
- 选择查找所有单词形式(英语)(Find all word forms (English))以使用基于语法的词典进行搜索。在搜索“is”之类的词时,它还会显示“are”、“we”、“were”等。
- 如果要搜索以确切搜索字符串开头的单词,请勾选匹配前缀。(Match prefix )因此(Hence),如果您搜索“pre”,您可能会得到一些结果是“prepare”和“present”。
- 另一方面,选择匹配后缀(Match suffix)将搜索以精确搜索字符串结尾的单词。例如,如果您搜索“离子”,Word突出显示的一些结果将包括“运动”和“位置”。
- 如果要搜索可能带有标点符号的单词而不键入相同的字符,请选择忽略标点符号。( Ignore punctuation characters)标点符号有感叹号、大括号、逗号、连字符、撇号等。
- 如果文档包含空格字符(例如制表符、不间断空格和硬换行符),请 选择忽略空格字符。(Ignore whitespace characters )
在 MS Word(移动版)中查找和替换单词(Find and Replace Words in MS Word (Mobile))
- 在您的Android(Android)设备上点击MS Word应用程序并打开您要编辑的文档。
- 点击屏幕上方的放大镜(Magnifying glass)图标以打开“查找...”(Find…)面板。
- 在“查找(Find)”框中键入要更改 的单词或短语,以便在文档中找到它们。
- 您还可以点击“上一个(Previous)”和“下一个”( Next )箭头来导航单词或短语的其他位置。
- 要替换单词或短语,请点击设置(Settings )按钮(齿轮图标)。勾选出现在文档底部的 替换框。(Replace )
- 在屏幕上部 的替换...(Replace…)框中键入您想要替换的单词或短语。
- 如果您只想编辑突出显示的单词或短语,请点击替换。(Replace)您还可以通过点击全部(All)替换文档中单词或短语的所有实例。
- 点击X按钮图标将关闭“查找”(Find)面板。
MS Word应用程序还具有额外的查找(Find) 选项(Options),为您提供更多编辑功能。以下(Below)是您可以使用这些功能执行的一些操作:
- 勾选匹配大小写(Match Case)选项将仅搜索与您在框中键入的单词或短语的大小写完全相同的文本。
- 选择听起来像(英语)(Sounds like (English))将仅搜索与您在框中键入的文本发音相似的术语。例如,如果您键入“to”,它也会突出显示“too”和“two”。
在 Google Docs(浏览器)中查找和替换单词(Find and Replace Words in Google Docs (Browser))
- 在任何浏览器上打开 Google 文档。
- 按 Ctrl + H key。此命令将打开一个查找和替换(Find and replace)选项卡。
- 在“查找(Find)”框中键入要搜索的单词。如果单词是大写或首字母缩写词,请 勾选匹配大小写。( Match case )
- 您还可以勾选使用正则表达式匹配(Match using regular expressions )以搜索引擎尝试在输入文本中匹配的正则表达式模式。同时,忽略拉丁变音符号将忽略像(Ignore Latin Diacritics)元音(Umlaut)变音(Ä,等于 A) 这样的特殊字符。
- 在替换为(Replace with)框中 键入替换词。
- 如果要更改所有所说的单词,请单击全部替换。(Replace all )使用上一个(Previous)和下一个(Next )来定位特定的单词。如果您只想替换该词,请单击替换(Replace)。
在 Google Docs(移动版)中查找和替换单词(Find and Replace Words in Google Docs (Mobile))
- 点击Google Docs 应用程序( Google Docs app)并打开您要编辑的文档。
- 点击三个点( three dots)图标 ( ⋮ )。然后,点击查找和替换(Find and replace)。
- 键入您要修改的单词。仔细检查(Double-check)其拼写。
- 点击搜索(Search)。如果要搜索大小写完全一致的单词,请勾选Match case。如果您正在寻找引擎尝试在输入文本中匹配的正则表达式模式,请勾选使用正则表达式匹配(Match using regular expressions)。
- 现在,您可以在屏幕右上角查看单词的实例。要在单词之间切换,请点击上一个(Previous)和下一个(Next)箭头。
- 键入要替换的单词。如果要更改突出显示的单词,请点击替换。(Replace. )要更改单词的所有实例,请点击全部替换(Replace all)。
你的文字技巧如何? (How’s Your Wordsmithing? )
在MS Word(MS Word)和Google Docs中查找和替换单词很容易,尤其是在您掌握了窍门之后。您还可以使用不同的搜索选项来确保不会错过任何要编辑的单词。
How to Find and Replace Words in MS Word and Google Docs
Checking for errors and editing your document is part of the writing prоcess. Onе of the most common mistakes people make in MS Word аnd Google Docs is typing the wrong spelling. If you want to edit a word or a phrase in your document, you muѕt first search for it.
This post will teach you how to find and replace words in MS Word and Google Docs. It will also cover both the desktop and mobile versions of these programs.
Replacing Words in MS Word (Desktop)
- Open Microsoft Word document on your computer. Press the Ctrl + H keys or click Home, then go to Replace.
- Enter the word or phrase that needs to be changed on the Find box to locate them.
- Delete the words you want to change and type in their replacement. You can also select one of the words or phrases using the Next and Previous buttons.
- Click Replace All to update all the words or phrases you typed on the Find box at once.
- Click Save to keep the changes you have made.
Note: MS Word will help you recover changes to a file or recover unsaved documents if your PC crashes.
The newest version of MS Word also has several other search options you can use to refine your searches further.
- Choose Match case if you want to find the word or phrase with the exact lowercase and uppercase.
- Tick Find whole words only to search for entire words that match text starting and ending with whitespace.
- Select Use wildcards if you want to find a character or short string of characters in a search.
- Tick Sounds like (English) if you want to include words that have a similar sound to the word you are searching for. (for example, dough and though)
- Choose Find all word forms (English) to search using a grammar-based lexicon. When searching for words like “is,” it will also show “are,” “we,” “were,” etc.
- Tick Match prefix if you want to search words that begin with the exact search string. Hence, if you search for “pre,” some of the results you might get are “prepare” and “present.”
- On the other hand, selecting Match suffix will search words that end with the exact search string. For example, if you search for “ion,” some of the results Word highlights will include “motion” and “position.”
- Select Ignore punctuation characters if you want to search for words that may have punctuation marks without typing the same characters. Punctuation characters are exclamation points, braces, comma, a hyphen, apostrophes, etc.
- Choose Ignore whitespace characters if the document contains white space characters such as the tab, a nonbreaking space, and hard-line break.
Find and Replace Words in MS Word (Mobile)
- Tap the MS Word app on your Android device and open the document you want to edit.
- Tap the Magnifying glass icon on the upper part of your screen to open the Find… panel.
- Type the word or phrase on the Find box that you want to change to locate them on the document.
- You can also tap the Previous and Next arrows to navigate the other locations of the word or phrase.
- To replace a word or phrase, tap the Settings button (gear icon). Tick the Replace box that appears at the bottom of the document.
- Type in the word or phrase you want as a replacement on the Replace… box on the upper portion of the screen.
- Tap Replace if you want to edit only the highlighted word or phrase. You can also replace all the instances of the word or phrase in the document by tapping All.
- Tapping on the X button icon will close the Find panel.
The MS Word app also has additional Find Options, which gives you more editing features. Below are some of the things you can do using these functions:
- Ticking the Match Case option will search only text with the exact uppercase and lowercase of the word or phrase you typed in the box.
- Selecting Sounds like (English) will only search terms similarly sounding with the text you typed in the box. For example, if you type “to,” it will also highlight “too” and “two.”
Find and Replace Words in Google Docs (Browser)
- Open Google Docs on any browser.
- Press the Ctrl + H key. This command will open a Find and replace tab.
- Type the word you want to search for in the Find box. Tick Match case if the word is capitalized or is an acronym.
- You can also tick Match using regular expressions for searching regular expression patterns that the engine tries to match in the input text. Meanwhile, Ignore Latin Diacritics will disregard special characters like Umlaut (Ä, which equals A).
- Type the replacement word in the Replace with box.
- Click Replace all if you want to change all of the said words. Use Previous and Next to locate the specific word. If you’re going to replace only that word, click Replace.
Find and Replace Words in Google Docs (Mobile)
- Tap the Google Docs app and open the document you want to edit.
- Tap the three dots icon (⋮). Then, tap Find and replace.
- Type the word you wish to modify. Double-check its spelling.
- Tap Search. If you want to search the words with exact upper and lower cases, tick Match case. If you’re looking for regular expression patterns that the engine tries to match in the input text, tick Match using regular expressions.
- Now, you can view the instances of the word on the top right of the screen. To switch between the words, tap the Previous and Next arrows.
- Type the word you want as a replacement. If you want to change the highlighted word, tap Replace. To change all instances of the word, tap Replace all.
How’s Your Wordsmithing?
Finding and replacing words in MS Word and Google Docs is easy to do, especially once you get the hang of it. You can also use different search options to ensure that you won’t miss any word that you want to edit.