The greatest advantage for you as a customer is you get all three processors (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) in one - compare with similar solutions available on the market at their respective prices. Now enough with the marketing mumbo-jumbo, the following is the review of the technical capabilities of Office•Words Search and Replace.
General
- Search and replace inside Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files.
- Supports all usable Microsoft Office options including Word wildcards.
- Supports all Microsoft Office versions from 2000.
- Easy to use - just click'n'go.
- Multilingual user interface - check out the Quick localization quide for Office•Words Search and Replace..
- Preserve file lists and search/replace pairs between sessions.
- Extensive help section available (hit F1 or click Help link in the program window).
File handling
- Specify individual Word/Excel/PowerPoint files to process.
- Specify folders to find files in.
- Option to walk folders recursively - individually for each folder.
- Specify file masks to find files when walking folders.
- Works over network - just map remote folder as a disk.
- Options to save and load file lists.
- Options to export and import file lists as plain text files (ANSI, Unicode LE/BE, UTF-8).
- Creates backups when replacing (enabled by default).
- Stores backups in folders named after current date and time to support multiple backups.
- Disables autorun macros before actually opening files.
- Saves files back to disk only if modified.
Text handling
- Specify search and replace text in any language - full Unicode support!
- Excel-like text grid to type search and replace text in.
- Options to save and load text search/replace lists.
- Easily select areas to replace text in.
- Individual document areas for each search/replace pair.
Microsoft Word specific features
- Search and replace text in main text body.
- Search and replace text in URL addresses.
- Search and replace text in comments.
- Search and replace text in footnotes and endnotes.
- Search and replace text in document properties.
- Search and replace text in bookmark names.
- Search and replace text in shapes and figures.
- Search and replace text in headers and footers.
- Search and replace as Microsoft Word wildcards.
- Standard options: "Match case" and "Match whole words only".
- Find more in Multiple Word search and replace user guide.
Microsoft Excel specific features
- Search and replace text in spreadsheet cells.
- Search and replace text in URL addresses.
- Search and replace text in shapes and figures.
- Search and replace text in document properties.
- Search and replace text in printout headers and footers.
- Standard option: "Match case".
- Standard option: "Match entire cell contents".
- Find more in Multiple Excel search and replace user guide.
Microsoft PowerPoint specific features
- Search and replace text in presentation slides.
- Search and replace text in URL addresses.
- Search and replace text in document properties.
- Search and replace text in handout masters.
- Search and replace text in notes masters.
- Search and replace text in title masters.
- Search and replace text in slide masters.
- Standard options: "Match case" and "Match whole words only".
- Find more in Multiple PowerPoint search and replace user guide.