Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 26, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365
Robert notes that Word allows him to locate and highlight all the instances of an item that he enters in the Find dialog box. He wonders if, from that point, there is some way he can select all the highlighted instances so that he can copy and paste them into a new document.
Copying individual items that are found is easy—all you need to do is have the source and target documents open, find what you want in the source document, copy it to the Clipboard, and then paste it into the target document. Copying a bunch of found items at once is a bit trickier, however. Here's how to do it:
Figure 1. The Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
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2018-10-22 05:52:52
Richard Price
Subscriber @Galen posted a question about this article, but it was attached to a different one (https://wordribbon.tips.net/T006054_Pulling_Tables_Back_Into_View.html). The question was how to add Advanced Find to the Quick Access Toolbar. I believe the answer is as follows:
In the "Customize the Quick Access Toolbar" dialogue, change the "Choose commands from" dropdown to select "All Commands". Scroll down and you will see three commands all called Find (plus three more starting with Find). You have to hover your cursor over these to find out which is which, but the one reported as "Home Tab | Editing | Find (FindDialog)" is probably the one you want.
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