Important Notes

• The name of the actual .doc within the zips below will vary, depending on version. There is only one .doc per zip. To run the macro simply open the .doc. 
• For your own peace of mind, scan the .doc with your anti-virus scanner before you open it for the first time.
• Please click the Close button the first time you open the 'WordSR.doc' and read through the text in the document for usage information.
• Word Search and Replace requires that you have macro functioning turned on. You may need to enable Word macros in your Options settings if macros were disabled as an anti-virus measure.
• The macro was developed and tested on Office 2000. By report the macro is OK on Office XP. Word 97 installations may have problems with files not being changed. We do not have an Office 97-specific version. Sorry.
• Word Search and Replace can only process files understood by your Word installation. .doc and .rtf files are understood by default. Whether you can handle any other file types depends on the conversion features installed for your Word &/or Microsoft Office. Consult the Office Assistant for more information on conversion functionality.
• Back up your files first. Do NOT rely on the Word 'undo' function. Word Search and Replace writes a file named 'WordSR_Results.txt' in the same path that the operation is performed in. This file summarizes the changes made. However, there is no built-in backup functionality.
• Consult the Word Assistant / Office Assistant for help on Word's 'find and replace' functions for 'Pattern Matching'.
• See the 'License' section in WordSR.doc for distribution information. You are free to modify the VBA code in the macro and send any changes you make to support@searchandreplace.com. If your changes can benefit others we will add them to a new version. Thanks.

Version Information

• Version 2.30 - Thanks to Julian Slade for the addition of a "Handle Hyperlinks" subroutine. This makes it easier to process the 'hyperlink' material in Word hyperlinks. 
• Version 2.2 - Added a 'Process Field Codes' switch. Background: Word's Field Codes not accessible to a find/replace if you do not have Word set to display field codes either for a specific field or the entire doc. The switch in Ver 2.2 causes Field Codes to be displayed so they are available to find/replace.
• Version 2.1 & 2.12 - Minor changes. Version 2.12 was a limited release of a 'Process Field Codes' version. Distributed upon request only.
• Version 2.0 - Added a 'Find' function. 'Thanks to our contributor. Also for version 2.0, the name of the results file has been changed to ''WordSR_Results.txt'. This file is now written to the same path as the path specified in 'File Mask (with path)' field.  
• Version 1.4 - The macro now does find/replace in headers and footers. Thanks to Randy Gault <RGault@globeset.com> for the code suggestion. Write support@searchandreplace.com if you want the older version that does not do this. 
• Version 1.35 - Not officially released... Code to cause the macro to automatically reveal mail merge codes so they can be available to s/r operations. We decided to not implement this. Write support@searchandreplace.com is you want a version that can do this.
• Version 1.3 - Improved functionality for recursive find/replace when search subdirectories is enabled. Thanks to Randy Gault <RGault@globeset.com> for the code suggestion. 
• Version 1.2 - First release.