Replace with a Subscript or Superscript
Word can’t search and replace a subscripted or superscripted character within a word for example, replacing “H20
” with “H20
“; instead, it just subscripts the whole word.
You can’t do this directly with Find and Replace, because if you specify formatting for the “Replace with
” text, it applies to the whole of that text. But what you can do is replace with the contents of the Clipboard. To do so:
- Enter the text you want in your document, for example,
H2O
. - Select it, and press
Ctrl+C
to copy it. - Press
Ctrl+H
to display the Find and Replace dialog box - Type the search text into the “
Find what
” box. - Type
^c
in the “Replace with
” box.
Or, clickMore>>
to expand the Find and Replace dialog box, clickSpecial
button and chooseClipboard Contents
:
![](https://fast-tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/clipboard-contents.png)
- Press
Replace All
button. - Word then replaces the found items with the contents of the Clipboard.
![](https://fast-tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/replace-with-clipboard.png)
Replace with Section Breaks
The Section Break option does not available in Special
button options when you click “Replace with
” box. It means you can not replace searched text with section breaks. But you can do this by using the Clipboard Contents option:
- Click
Layout
tab and chooseBreaks
from thePage Setup
group and insert the desired section break in the document:
![](https://fast-tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/breaks.png)
- Select the Section Break on the page and cut (
Ctrl+X
)it to Clipboard:
![](https://fast-tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/section-break.png)
Note: Press Ctrl+*
or click Home > Show/Hide ¶
to see the Section Breaks (and other formatting marks):
![](https://fast-tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/paragraph-marks-shortcut.png)
- Open Find and Replace dialog box (press
Ctrl+H
) - In the
Find what
text box, type whatever you want to search for - Type
^c
in the “Replace with
” box. Or click theSpecial
button and chooseClipboard Contents
option. - Click
Replace
orReplace All
button.