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# Tip of the Week: Use the Find and Replace Features in Docs and Word
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Friday, 13 June 2025
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One of the handiest keyboard shortcuts of all time is probably Ctrl + F, or Find, which helps you locate specific text on a page. That said, you can also do some neat things besides finding specific text. You can also replace text, even to the case and special characters. Let’s get into how you can do so in Google Docs and Word.
## First, the Keyboard Shortcut
To open the Find window, first use the **Ctrl + F** keyboard shortcut. You should see a text field open where you plug in your search query. This will give you all results found within your document for the chosen word or phrase. You can also jump between instances of the word or phrase by using the arrow buttons.
This experience is pretty universal for both Docs and Word, but the replace feature works a little differently.
## Next, the Replace Feature
To access the Replace feature in Google Docs, use the **Ctrl + F** shortcut, then click on the three-dot menu in the search box that appears.
From here, you’ll see options to enter your search terms in the Find column, but you can **Replace** these instances with the words of your choice. You can either do a blanket replacement or you can replace a single instance. You can set whether you’d like the function to be case-sensitive or even to look for special characters.
To access this feature in Microsoft Word, use the **Ctrl + G** shortcut, which is explicitly for the **Replace** function.
Many of the options should resemble those in Google Docs, including the Find box and the Replace With box. If you click on the **More >>** option, you’ll see several checkboxes for specific situations, like capital letters, prefixes, suffixes, whole words, and even white space. It’s a bit more dynamic than Google Docs in this regard, so we’re sure you’ll get some good use out of this tip.
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Tony Underwood, Founder and President of Cambium Data Inc. has proven himself as one of the top internetworking experts in the industry. Mr. Underwood began his IT career in 1991 in the US Navy working on critical military computer systems. He grew his computer and networking knowledge through a number of different IT jobs from desktop support all the way up to leading the Network Engineering organization of a multi-billion dollar international company. Mr Underwood was recognized as Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert [\#7112](https://connect.directive.com/v4_6_release/services/system_io/Service/fv_sr100_request.rails?service_recid=7112&companyName=Dti) in March of 2001 and in 2022 he achieved the lifetime status of Cisco CCIE Emeritus
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