Find and Replace in Word not working

Question

I am trying to use the 'Find and Replace' facility in a Word document. The machine tells me it has replaced 24 occurrences but nothing has changed in the document. I have used this many times before and never had any trouble, so am completely mystified. I have even tried saving the document with another name and then reopening it but the result is the same. The breadcrumb line has 'compatibility mode' in it, but don't know if that is relevant.

Answer 1

For this to work, use the "Match case" option in the expanded Find & Replace dialog box.

Answer 2

What are you searching and replacing, specifically? Could you provide us with an example that can be tested.

Answer 3

I was trying to replace U3A with u3a. I got a message saying it had made 24 replacements, but they did not appear in the text. I tried it in another document altogether, and found it would replace u3a with U3A OK but not the reverse!

Answer 4

Eureka! Thank you very much, I will know for the future.