Microsoft Word Automated Find and Replace feature

Question

In a Microsoft template file I downloaded from their website, whenever you type any word in place of where it says " < your company > " (for instance, if I type the word "Apple" in it's place), it automatically changes it everywhere within the entire document. So anywhere in the document that says " < your company > ", it will now all be changed to "Apple".

Does anyone know how to create that?

It seems like some pre-programmed and automated "Find & Replace" feature, but I don't know how to create it. Does it involve some external Excel file? I don't think it's a macro, because " < your company > " is replaced by text that is entered, not a pre-determined word.

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This video kind of addresses what I'm trying to achieve. But it's not quite perfect because it's talking about a "find and replace" for multiple Word files, and for replacing the text with a pre-determined word (not what the user enters):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=etSoe8P7_PE

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The Word file I'm referring to can be downloaded from my dropbox here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b8hg0ahbx27wfij/CdlGP_bdcm

If you don't feel comfortable downloading a file from my dropbox: I downloaded this file from Microsoft's website, so if you want to download it directly from there, you can via the link below. It seems like the link won't take you directly to the file, so you just have to enter "project change" in the search bar and click enter, then download the Word 2013 "Project change authorization form (Business Blue design)" file:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/results.aspx?qu=project%20change&queryid=13f05805-9704-404a-911b-c3cd70c3fe5c&avg=zwd#ai:TC103444179|

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Thank you so much for your time and help!!

Answer 1

This is the code you look for :

Find and Replace using Word interop

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The current version of the OP's template lives at https://templates.office.com/en-us/Services-proposal-Business-Blue-design-TM02911896

It is using content controls (forms), which are accessible under the developer tab of the ribbon. Click "Design Mode" to view the magic.