How can I insert italics in MS Word Find and Replace?

Question

I've written a long document and just read the branding guidelines that says the 'e' at the start of a word needs to be italicized, e.g. eBahgum, the e is italics and Bahgum isn't. I've written this loads of times in my doc so want to do a find and replace just to change the e to italics.

Answer 1

You can do this in two Replaces:

1. ctrl+h to bring up the Find and Replace dialog

2. Enter eBahgum in the Find what: text box

3. Place the cursor in the Replace with: text box

4. Click the More button

5. Click the Format button and select Font...

6. Set Font style: to Italic and click OK

7. Click Replace All - all instances of eBahgum will now be in italics

8. Change Find what: to Bahgum

9. Place the cursor in the Replace with: text box

10. Click the Format button and select Font...

11. Set Font style: to Regular and click OK

12. Click Replace All again

All instances of Bahgum will now be normal again, leaving the e in italics