Swap words next to each other in Word?

Question

If I have a Word-document and want 2 words next to each other to change places with oneanother is that possible with some function or logic in Word?

Answer 1

If the words are next to each other,

Turn on "Use Wildcards"

Find: (1stword) (2ndword)

Replace: \2 \1

Answer 2

Not sure I understand your question but you can use search and replace like this:

1. Replace the first word with something random
2. Replace the second word with the first word
3. Replace the random word with the second word

Answer 3

If you want some VBA to swap two adjacent words around, this will do it:

Sub SwapWords()
    'Clear Selection
    Selection.SetRange Start:=Selection.Start, End:=Selection.Start
    'Expand Selection to word under cursor
    Selection.Expand
    'Cut word
    Selection.Cut
    'Move one word right
    Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdWord
    'Paste word
    Selection.Paste
End Sub

Answer 4

Random words are not needed if you have two exact word separated by a single space (or some similar CONSISTENT layout)

Use Find and replace to search for word1 word2 and replace with word2 word1