Finding and Changing font

How does one use Find and Replace in Word 2007 to find a particular font,
then change the font and the size in a section of a document with more than
one font, including fonts for headings and text?

Terry
Mon Jan 21 02:23:26 PST 2008

Open the Replace dialog (Ctrl+H) and press on the MORE.. button. With the
cursor in the FIND box, click on Format (at the bottom of the dialog) and
select Font and chose the font parameters you want to replace. Then go to
the replace box and do the same but selecting the font parameters you want
to use. That will do what you want.

However, this is not best practice. What you should do is to have different
styles setup. Then you would find one style and replace with the other
style. That minimises all the direct formatting and keeps the document to
minimum size and complexity and makes for far easier future editing.

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"Don Bouchard" <deebeeX@Xjhu.edu> wrote in message
news:ODctPf%23WIHA.4896@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> How does one use Find and Replace in Word 2007 to find a particular font,
> then change the font and the size in a section of a document with more
> than one font, including fonts for headings and text?

Don
Mon Jan 21 13:13:14 PST 2008

But how does one establish a style in a document with various headings,
downloaded from another person who did not establish a style in the
document?

Thank you.
|Don

"Terry Farrell" <mvpng@po193qw.co.uk> wrote in message
news:702DAE15-5ECC-4C37-BB04-32F2ACA702CD@microsoft.com...
> Open the Replace dialog (Ctrl+H) and press on the MORE.. button. With the
> cursor in the FIND box, click on Format (at the bottom of the dialog) and
> select Font and chose the font parameters you want to replace. Then go to
> the replace box and do the same but selecting the font parameters you want
> to use. That will do what you want.
>
> However, this is not best practice. What you should do is to have
> different styles setup. Then you would find one style and replace with the
> other style. That minimises all the direct formatting and keeps the
> document to minimum size and complexity and makes for far easier future
> editing.
>
> --
> Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
>
> "Don Bouchard" <deebeeX@Xjhu.edu> wrote in message
> news:ODctPf%23WIHA.4896@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> How does one use Find and Replace in Word 2007 to find a particular font,
>> then change the font and the size in a section of a document with more
>> than one font, including fonts for headings and text?
>

Terry
Mon Jan 21 14:47:22 PST 2008

If the received document was all formatted using direct formatting, then it
become a bit of a chore and unless it is a long, important document, then I
would not consider changing it. However, if it is a document that is going
to be around for some time - perhaps used as a template for other
documents - it should be formatted correctly, which may mean removing all
the direct formatting and then applying styles throughout.

This isn't as daunting as it sounds because you can remove all direct
formatting by selecting the whole document (Ctrl+A) and applying Ctrl+Q
(Reset Para) and Ctl+Spacebar (ResetChar). Then go through applying correct
styles.

Terry


"Don Bouchard" <deebeeX@Xjhu.edu> wrote in message
news:u252wJHXIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> But how does one establish a style in a document with various headings,
> downloaded from another person who did not establish a style in the
> document?
>
> Thank you.
> |Don
>
> "Terry Farrell" <mvpng@po193qw.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:702DAE15-5ECC-4C37-BB04-32F2ACA702CD@microsoft.com...
>> Open the Replace dialog (Ctrl+H) and press on the MORE.. button. With the
>> cursor in the FIND box, click on Format (at the bottom of the dialog) and
>> select Font and chose the font parameters you want to replace. Then go to
>> the replace box and do the same but selecting the font parameters you
>> want to use. That will do what you want.
>>
>> However, this is not best practice. What you should do is to have
>> different styles setup. Then you would find one style and replace with
>> the other style. That minimises all the direct formatting and keeps the
>> document to minimum size and complexity and makes for far easier future
>> editing.
>>
>> --
>> Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
>>
>> "Don Bouchard" <deebeeX@Xjhu.edu> wrote in message
>> news:ODctPf%23WIHA.4896@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> How does one use Find and Replace in Word 2007 to find a particular
>>> font, then change the font and the size in a section of a document with
>>> more than one font, including fonts for headings and text?
>>
>

Don
Mon Jan 21 19:04:50 PST 2008

Thank you. Very useful.

Don

"Terry Farrell" <mvpng@po193qw.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23asUa%23HXIHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> If the received document was all formatted using direct formatting, then
> it become a bit of a chore and unless it is a long, important document,
> then I would not consider changing it. However, if it is a document that
> is going to be around for some time - perhaps used as a template for other
> documents - it should be formatted correctly, which may mean removing all
> the direct formatting and then applying styles throughout.
>
> This isn't as daunting as it sounds because you can remove all direct
> formatting by selecting the whole document (Ctrl+A) and applying Ctrl+Q
> (Reset Para) and Ctl+Spacebar (ResetChar). Then go through applying
> correct styles.
>
> Terry
>
>
> "Don Bouchard" <deebeeX@Xjhu.edu> wrote in message
> news:u252wJHXIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> But how does one establish a style in a document with various headings,
>> downloaded from another person who did not establish a style in the
>> document?
>>
>> Thank you.
>> |Don
>>
>> "Terry Farrell" <mvpng@po193qw.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:702DAE15-5ECC-4C37-BB04-32F2ACA702CD@microsoft.com...
>>> Open the Replace dialog (Ctrl+H) and press on the MORE.. button. With
>>> the cursor in the FIND box, click on Format (at the bottom of the
>>> dialog) and select Font and chose the font parameters you want to
>>> replace. Then go to the replace box and do the same but selecting the
>>> font parameters you want to use. That will do what you want.
>>>
>>> However, this is not best practice. What you should do is to have
>>> different styles setup. Then you would find one style and replace with
>>> the other style. That minimises all the direct formatting and keeps the
>>> document to minimum size and complexity and makes for far easier future
>>> editing.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
>>>
>>> "Don Bouchard" <deebeeX@Xjhu.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:ODctPf%23WIHA.4896@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> How does one use Find and Replace in Word 2007 to find a particular
>>>> font, then change the font and the size in a section of a document with
>>>> more than one font, including fonts for headings and text?
>>>
>>
>