Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.

When you're working with longer documents, it can be difficult and time consuming to locate a specific word or phrase. Word can automatically search your document using the Find feature, and it allows you to quickly change words or phrases using Replace.

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Watch the video below to learn more about using Find and Replace.

To find text

In our example, we've written an academic paper and will use the Find command to locate all instances of a particular word.

  1. From the Home tab, click the Find command. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl+F on your keyboard.
    Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.
  2. The navigation pane will appear on the left side of the screen.
  3. Type the text you want to find in the field at the top of the navigation pane. In our example, we'll type the word we're looking for.
    Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.
  4. If the text is found in the document, it will be highlighted in yellow and a preview of the results will appear in the navigation pane. Alternatively, you can click one of the results below the arrows to jump to it.
    Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.
  5. When you are finished, click the X to close the navigation pane. The highlight will disappear.

    Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.

For more search options, click the drop-down arrow next to the search field.

Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.

To replace text

At times, you may discover that you've made a mistake repeatedly throughout your document—such as misspelling a person's name—or that you need to exchange a particular word or phrase for another. You can use Word's Find and Replace feature to quickly make revisions. In our example, we'll use Find and Replace to change the title of a magazine so it is abbreviated.

  1. From the Home tab, click the Replace command. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl+H on your keyboard.
    Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.
  2. The Find and Replace dialog box will appear.
  3. Type the text you want to find in the Find what: field.
  4. Type the text you want to replace it with in the Replace with: field. Then click Find Next.
    Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.
  5. Word will find the first instance of the text and highlight it in gray.
  6. Review the text to make sure you want to replace it. In our example, the text is part of the title of the paper and does not need to be replaced. We'll click Find Next again to jump to the next instance.
    Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.
  7. If you want to replace it, you can click Replace to change individual instances of text. Alternatively, you can click Replace All to replace every instance of the text throughout the document.
    Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.
  8. The text will be replaced.

    Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.
  9. When you're done, click Close or Cancel to close the dialog box.

For more search options, click More in the Find and Replace dialog box. From here, you can select additional search options, such as matching case and ignoring punctuation.

Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.

When it comes to using Replace All, it's important to remember that it could find matches you didn't anticipate and that you might not actually want to change. You should only use this option if you're absolutely sure it won't replace anything you didn't intend it to.

Go to the "Home" tab menu on the Ribbon of Microsoft Word 2007/2010/2013, at the furthest right of the group is the "Editing" options. Click the Editing item, a popup menu will appear and now you can see the "Find" and "Replace" items at the top of the box. It seems not obvious to find out Find and Replace on the Ribbon.

See it below:

Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.


If you are using Classic Menu for Office:

Under the Menus tab, click the Edit menu in the toolbars like in word 2003/XP(2002)/2000, a drop-down menu will appear and then you can seet the "Find" and "Replace" obviously at the bottom of the menu box.

See it below:

Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.


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Find and replace options are located in the ________ group of the home tab.

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Which group of the Home tab is Find and Replace found?

To find and replace text in Word, click the “Replace” button in the “Editing” button group on the “Home” tab of the Ribbon. The “Find and Replace” dialog box opens and shows the “Replace” tab.

Where is Find and Replace option found?

Find and replace text.
Go to Home > Replace..
Enter the word or phrase you want to replace in Find what..
Enter your new text in Replace with..
Choose Replace All to change all occurrences of the word or phrase. ... .
To specify only upper or lowercase in your search, select More > Match case..

What tab you can locate the Find and Replace tool?

From the Home tab, click the Replace command. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl+H on your keyboard. The Find and Replace dialog box will appear. Type the text you want to find in the Find what: field.