The boss suddenly said that he would replace the whole paragraph of the "initial plan" in all the project reports last year with the new "optimized executive summary"; or the company has updated the product introduction template in a unified way, and you need to find out the whole paragraph of the old company profile in dozens of contracts and bids, and replace it with the new version one by one... Turn over the page, copy and paste it to the soft hand, and you are afraid of missing one. The function of [finding and replacing complete paragraphs in Word according to keywords] introduced today is specially designed to end this pain. It is not a simple "find and replace a few words", but can intelligently locate the entire paragraph containing specific words, and then replace the entire paragraph with one click.
Why do I need to batch replace paragraphs containing some words with new content?
1. Standardization of company documents: The company has updated its address, telephone number, LOGO slogan or legal statement. It needs to replace the paragraph containing keyword A with B, and uniformly update all external contracts, introductions and manuals.
2. Batch update of project documents: the definition of a technical term is updated, or a general project risk description needs to be optimized, and paragraphs must be replaced in batches in all relevant technical documents and proposal books.
3. Revision of academic papers and books: The author or editor decides to rewrite a core argument paragraph in the book, and needs to replace the corresponding contents in all relevant chapters according to key words to ensure the consistency of the whole book.
4. Adjustment of legal document templates: The law firm has updated the general clause paragraphs of certain types of contracts, and needs to change all paragraphs containing certain words (such as "liability for breach of contract" and "dispute resolution") in the historical template library.
5. Content management system migration: When migrating a large number of documents from one platform to another, the introduction and footnote paragraphs in a specific format need to be replaced by keywords in batches to adapt to the format of the new system.
Preview the effect of replacing the whole paragraph of text according to the specified keyword
Before treatment:
After treatment:
Method 1: Use HeSoft Doc Batch Tool to replace the keyword specified paragraph
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Advantages:
1. Batch and list management. Support one-time import massive file queue processing. You can also manage multiple groups of "find-replace" rules in batch in the interface, and perform multiple paragraph replacement tasks at one time.
2. Flexible search options. Provide "precise search" and "formula fuzzy search" mode that supports wildcards, supplemented by "ignore case", "match complete words" and other options, to achieve professional editing-like precision control.
3. Absolute local security. All processing is done locally on your computer without leaving the local, eliminating the risk of leakage of sensitive information such as contracts and reports during transmission or storage on third-party servers.
Disadvantages:
γ HeSoft Doc Batch Tool ] needs to be local to the computer.
Operation steps:
1. Open γ HeSoft Doc Batch Tool ], select [Word tool] on the left, and then select [find and replace complete paragraphs in Word according to keywords] on the right].
2. Click [Add File] at the top right to import the file to be processed, or drag it to the specified location with one click to complete the file import.
3. Click [Next], select [Accurate Text Search] as the search method, and select [Ignore Case of Letters] as the additional option. In the list of keywords to be searched, enter [keyword to be searched] and [keyword after replacement] in the left and right text boxes].
4. Click [Next], the toolbox will automatically replace the specified paragraph in the document, and a prompt will be given after completion.
Method 2: Use Word's built-in "find and replace" to find and replace the specified keyword paragraph
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Pros: No additional tools required, available to everyone. It can precisely replace fixed words or short sentences, and it is very straightforward to modify small-scale and targeted content.
Disadvantages: The functionality is extremely limited and cannot fully handle the need to "replace entire paragraphs of text based on keywords. It can only replace the specific characters you enter, and cannot recognize and operate the entire paragraph to be replaced. You need to enter the complete text before and after the replacement.
Operation steps:
1. First, you need to find the entire paragraph containing the specified keyword and copy it.
2. Open the Word document and press the Ctrl H shortcut key to bring up the "Find and Replace" dialog box.
3. In the "Find Content" box, enter the paragraph copied in the first step.
4. In the "Replace with" box, enter a new paragraph.
5. Click "Replace All" and repeat the operation from the first step to the fifth step.
6. The text before and after replacement must be completely copied. It cannot be replaced according to individual keywords. It is only suitable for a small number of replacement jobs.
Method 3: Use the third-party Word plug-in to replace the paragraph containing keyword A with B.
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Advantages: Some well-known plug-ins integrate enhanced find and replace functions, which may provide more powerful options than native Word, such as finding and replacing by style, and the operation is relatively graphical.
Disadvantages: Usually paid commercial software. The core of its function is still based on "format" or "text" search, not specifically designed for "batch replacement of paragraphs by keywords", the operation path may be very complex.
Operation steps:
1. Install and enable plug-ins such as Kutools for Word.
2. Find functions such as "Advanced Find and Replace" in the newly added plug-in tab.
3. In the pop-up dialog box, you may need to switch to the "Paragraph" or "Special Format" tab for setting.
4. Set to find paragraphs that "contain specific text" and replace the entire paragraph.
5. However, plug-ins often require you to select the object type of "paragraph" precisely first, which is tedious to set.
6. When processing batch files, each file may need to be opened separately, which is not a real background batch.
Method 4: Batch replace paragraphs by keywords using an online document processing site
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Advantages: open the browser can be used, no need to install software. Some sites offer a Find Replace tool that may support uploading multiple files.
Disadvantages: The biggest risk is privacy disclosure. You need to upload contracts and reports that may contain trade secrets to unfamiliar servers. Functionality is often simple, making it difficult to implement complex paragraph-level substitutions.
Operation steps:
1. Search the online tool website for the "Word Find and Replace" function.
2. Click the "Upload File" button to upload your Word document.
3. In the text box provided on the web page, enter the text to find and replace.
4. Click the processing button and wait for the website to return the processed file.
5. Download the file and check to see if the paragraph is completely replaced.
Method 5: Batch replace paragraphs containing specified keywords with Yuling files
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Advantages: a professional document batch processing tool, in paragraph replacement function does have its highlights. Its interface design is relatively simple, supports batch processing of multiple documents, and can effectively reduce the workload of manual one-by-one modification.
Disadvantages: The software has weak support for complex format documents (such as paragraphs containing tables, pictures and special typesetting), and the problems of format disorder and layout collapse often occur after replacement.
Operation steps:
1. Open Yuling software, find "Batch Replacement" or similar function module in the main interface and click to enter.
2. Click the "Add File" button to select one or more Word documents to be processed from the computer and import them into the task list.
3. In the "Find what" input box, type the keywords or phrases contained in the paragraph you want to locate.
4. In the "Replace with" input box, completely enter the content of the entire new paragraph you want to replace.
5. Check the basic options such as "case sensitive" and "full word matching" as required (if provided by the software).
6. Click the "Start Replacement" or "Execute" button, and the software will process all added files according to the settings.
7. After the processing is completed, be sure to open the generated new files one by one, carefully check whether the target paragraph is completely and correctly replaced, and confirm that the document format is not abnormal.
Method 6: Use artificial vision to scan bookmarks to replace entire paragraphs containing specific words
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Advantages: absolute accuracy, never go wrong, because every step is judged by the human eye and the human brain.
Cons: Inexcruciating inefficiency, pure human consumption. For more than 10 pages of documents, this method is a kind of torture, and long hours of work is easy to fatigue missed.
Operation steps:
1. Open Word and read the document from the beginning.
2. Scan each paragraph with your eyes and look for paragraphs containing the target keywords.
3. After finding it, select the entire paragraph and add a bookmark (insert-bookmark) to mark it.
Continue reading until all relevant paragraphs of the document are fully marked.
5. Go back to the first bookmark, delete the old paragraph and paste the new paragraph.
6. Repeat step 5 until all tagged paragraphs are updated. The time consumption is proportional to the length of the document.
Method 7: Use the Windows to search and locate the file, and then open and replace the specified keyword paragraphs one by one.
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Advantages: You can quickly find all Word documents containing a certain keyword in your computer and let you know which files need to be processed.
Disadvantages: The search can only be located at the file level. It tells you "there are these words in this document", but it won't tell you which page or paragraph. You still need to open each file and look for specific paragraphs.
Operation steps:
1. Open the file explorer and enter the keyword you are looking for in the search box.
2. The system will list all files that contain the word.
Double-click to open the first file.
4. Press Ctrl F in Word to find the specific location of keywords in the file.
5. After finding the specific paragraph, replace it manually.
6. Close this file and open the file in the next search result.
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