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https://github.com/vaishnavi502/find-replace

Powershell script that finds specific words in a text file and replaces them in a word document
https://github.com/vaishnavi502/find-replace

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Powershell script that finds specific words in a text file and replaces them in a word document

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# Find-Replace for specific words
## Powershell script that finds specific words in a text file and replaces them in an MS word document

### Target group

- Editors and writers
- Purpose: To replace commonly used phrases and words without needing to find and replace using MS Word's built-in function every time
- Automated replacement of words in British English to American English or vice-versa is useful through this
- Replacement of non-hyphenated words, use of en-dash or em-dash for certain commonly-used phrases is possible through this

### About find.txt:
* A new phrase should be of the form: {old word(s)}:{new word(s)}
* Note: There shouldn't be any space after the colon unless you want an extra space upon replacement
* All occurrences of the words will be replaced in the word doc

### Prerequisites:
- Powershell script must be allowed to run as per execution policy
- Check that your policy is either RemoteSigned, AllSigned or Bypass
In case it is not, open Windows powershell using Run as Administrator and using
```powershell
Get-ExecutionPolicy
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy
```
- The doc file you want to modify must be closed before running findrep.exe

### Steps to follow before running findrep.exe:
1. Open findrep.ps1
2. Find the line
```powershell
$words=Get-Content C:\Users\DELL\Desktop\find.txt
```
![image](https://github.com/Vaishnavi502/find-replace/assets/68768878/185451d8-e51e-4aab-8be9-0161915fa4f8)
and replace the path with path to your find.txt
```powershell
$words=Get-Content \find.txt
```
3. Now open Windows powershell and install the module ps2exe which will convert the findrep.ps1 to an .exe file
![image](https://github.com/Vaishnavi502/find-replace/assets/68768878/b4be4e60-722a-4e5d-a882-f936f5283e1b)
4. After installing ps2exe, you can now invoke it to convert findrep.ps1 to .exe:
![image](https://github.com/Vaishnavi502/find-replace/assets/68768878/002b59b9-3ff2-4a32-96b7-ac09939ba2ed)
5. Now double-click findrep.exe and you will be asked the file name in the cmd of the MS Word doc that you want to modify:
![image](https://github.com/Vaishnavi502/find-replace/assets/68768878/f44d9a48-da40-4412-9305-ee5518a523d3)
Provide the path to the word document you want to modify
6. Everytime changes are made to findrep.ps1 you will need to re-create the .exe file using ps2exe