Microsoft KB Archive/69270

Word 5.50: Using Replace to Change Character Attribute

PSS ID Number: Q69270 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

To change the character attributes (for example, bold and italic) in Word version 5.50, use the Edit Replace command. From the Replace dialog box, choose Replace Formatting Only, and select Character as the formatting to replace. The resulting dialog box includes drop-down lists for the font, point size, and color in addition to check boxes for character attributes (the default for the character attribute check boxes is a hyphen [-]).

To change the character formatting, do the following:


 * 1) Select the character attribute(s) to remove from the document or selection by changing the dash to an “X” by clicking with the mouse or by pressing ALT+the highlighted letter.
 * 2) Select “Replace With…” to advance to the Replace With Character Format dialog box. Choose the character attribute(s) that are to be added by changing the check box dash to an “X” as above.
 * 3) To remove the character attribute(s) selected in the previous dialog box (step number 1), double click with the mouse or press ALT+the highlighted letter twice to change the hyphen [-] to a blank [ ] in the check box or boxes. Failure to complete this step will result in adding the new attribute(s) without removing the old attributes(s).

For example, instead of replacing bold text with italic text, failure to remove the dash will result with text formatted as bold and italic.

= MORE INFORMATION =

For Word versions 4.00 and 5.00, see “Format Replace Command Not Replacing Attributes,” Q29289.

Reference(s):

“Using Microsoft Word.” Version 5.50

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