Microsoft Word

[MCC]

How do I go through a long piece of text and change, say, a name from Smith to Jones, without having to do each one individually, please?

[bibblebub]

got to the HOME tab and at the right end of the ribbon is REPLACE which lets you do it

[gen2]

Go to Find/Replace (CTRL-F) will bring it up.
Enter SMITH in the Find box and Jones in the replace box and then select 'replace all'

Be aware that if your text contains words like blacksmith or Smithsonian then those will be changed as well.

[bibblebub]

...and if it's only in part of the document that you want the replacements then highlight that part first

[factor-fiction]

If you highlight all the text and then use Find/Replace (under Home on my version of Word) and select 'replace all'

[MCC]

Many thanks to all of you. I think my version of Word must be a bit old, now, as I don't have a 'Home' tab, but CTRL + F worked a treat (and I've tracked down "Find and replace" under "Edit" in my version). So, gen2 gets the 'nod' as best answer, but they're all brilliant! Thanks again.