WD: How to Use Replace All to Change Uppercase and Lowercase (24059)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 3.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 3.01
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 3.02
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 4.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.1
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.1a
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q24059 SUMMARY
To change all occurrences of a particular word from uppercase to
lowercase letters (or vice versa), follow the appropriate procedure
below.
Word 5.x, 6.x, 97, 98- Select the first occurrence of the word.
- On the Format menu, click Change Case. Click the case option
you want and then click OK.
- On the Edit menu, click Copy.
- Click anywhere else in the document to cancel the selection.
- On the Edit menu, click Replace.
- In the Find What box, type the word you want to replace;
uppercase and lowercase do not matter here.
- Click to place the insertion point in the Replace With box, and then
click Clipboard Contents on the Special list.
NOTE: For Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition, you may
need to click the More button first.
- Make sure the Match Case check box is clear.
- Click Replace All.
Word 3.x, 4.0- Select the first occurrence of the word.
- Make any necessary changes (replace capital letters with lowercase
letters, reformat, and so on).
- On the Edit menu, click Copy.
- Click anywhere else in the document to cancel the selection.
- On the Search menu, click Change.
- In the Find What box, type the word you want to replace (case does
not matter here).
- In the Change To box, type:
NOTE: Create the caret (^) by pressing SHIFT+6.
- Click Change All.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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