
This will turn “hand” into “hor”, “command” into “commor” and “understand” into “understor”. Wherever Word finds the character string “and”, it will blindly replace it with “or”. If you want to replace the word “and” with the word “or”, it is crucial that you copy the spaces before and after the word “and”. Let’s imagine you want to edit the recurring phrase “Press button A and B” in a text. Therefore, it is important to know what the result will look like before you use the function.

But what many people fail to consider is that as easy and convenient as the function appears at first glance, it also has plenty of stumbling blocks to avoid. The function is particularly efficient if an existing text only has to be changed slightly.
