געפֿינען און פאַרבייַטן אין Microsoft Word

In the case when you have to work with a large document, searching for a specific word or phrase can be difficult and time consuming. Microsoft Word allows you to automatically search through a document, as well as quickly replace words and phrases using the tool געפֿינען און פאַרבייַטן. Want to learn how to use this tool? Then carefully read this lesson to the end!

Search for text

As an example, let’s take a part of a well-known work and use the command צו געפינעןto find the last name of the main character in the text.

1. אויף די אַוואַנסירטע קוויטל היים דריקן באַפֿעל צו געפינען.
2. An area will appear on the left side of the screen. נאַוויגאַציע.
3. Enter the text to be found. In our example, we enter the hero’s last name.
4. If the searched text is present in the document, it will be highlighted in yellow, and in the area נאַוויגאַציע a preview of the results will appear.
5. If the text occurs more than once, you can view each variation. The selected search result will be grayed out.
   • אַרראָווס: Use the arrows to view all search results.
   • Results preview: To jump to the desired result, click on it.
   • When you have finished searching, click on the icon Хto close the area נאַוויגאַציע. The highlights will disappear.

You can call the command צו געפינעןדורך געבן אַ קליק קטרל + ו אויף קלאַוויאַטור.

To open additional search options, use the drop-down menu found in the search field.

Text replacement

There are times when a mistake is made that repeats throughout the document. For example, someone’s name is misspelled, or a certain word or phrase needs to be changed to another. You can use the function געפֿינען און פאַרבייַטןto quickly make corrections. In our example, we will change the full name of the Microsoft Corporation to MS.

1. אויף די אַוואַנסירטע קוויטל היים גיט Substitute.
2. א דיאַלאָג קעסטל וועט דערשייַנען געפֿינען און פאַרבייַטן.
3. Enter text to search in the field צו געפינען.
4. Enter replacement text in the field ריפּלייסט דורך… דערנאָך דריקן געפֿינען ווייַטער.
5. The found text will be grayed out.
6. Check the text to see if it needs to be replaced. In our example, the search text is part of the article title, so there is no need to replace it. Let’s press געפֿינען ווייַטער ווידער.
7. The program will move to the next version of the searched text. If you want to replace the text, choose one of the replacement options:
   • קאָלעקטיוו Substitute serves for a separate replacement of each of the variants of the searched text. In our example, we will select this option.
   • פאַרבייַטן אַלע allows you to replace all variants of the search text in the document.
8. The selected text will be replaced. If there are more options found, the program will automatically move on to the next one.
9. When you’re done, click on the icon Хצו פאַרמאַכן די דיאַלאָג קעסטל.

You can go to the dialog געפֿינען און פאַרבייַטןby pressing the key combination Ctrl + H אויף קלאַוויאַטור.

For more search and replace options, click בעסער אין די דיאַלאָג קעסטל געפֿינען און פאַרבייַטן. Here you can select options such as Whole word only or Ignore punctuation marks.