Selecting Similar Text Throughout a Document

When you’re working on a document in Word 2007, you may decide to alter the formatting of certain parts of your document.

Changing text formatting throughout your document is easy if you use styles. With styles, you can alter the style, automatically changing all text based on that style.

But many people do not use styles when they format documents. Does that mean you need to change all parts of your document manually? No.

Say, for example that you want to change all text that is bold, 16-point Times New Roman. Simply position your cursor in a section of your document containing this formatting.

In the Editing section of Word 2007’s Home ribbon, click Select and choose Select Text with Similar Formatting.

Once you have selected the text bearing the formatting, you can change it using the options on the Home ribbon. It will make quick work of formatting changes!