Swap words next to each other in Word?

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Solution 1

If the words are next to each other,

Turn on "Use Wildcards"

Find: (1stword) (2ndword)

Replace: \2 \1

Solution 2

Not sure I understand your question but you can use search and replace like this:

Replace the first word with something random
Replace the second word with the first word
Replace the random word with the second word

Solution 3

If you want some VBA to swap two adjacent words around, this will do it:

Sub SwapWords()
    'Clear Selection
    Selection.SetRange Start:=Selection.Start, End:=Selection.Start
    'Expand Selection to word under cursor
    Selection.Expand
    'Cut word
    Selection.Cut
    'Move one word right
    Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdWord
    'Paste word
    Selection.Paste
End Sub

Solution 4

Random words are not needed if you have two exact word separated by a single space (or some similar CONSISTENT layout)

Use Find and replace to search for word1 word2 and replace with word2 word1

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Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Chris_45 almost 2 years

If I have a Word-document and want 2 words next to each other to change places with oneanother is that possible with some function or logic in Word?
- Snark almost 15 years
  
  As I guess it's not as simple as "cut word A, move to word B, paste word A, cut word B, move to former position of word A, paste word B", can you be more specific? Do you want to do this in a macro? In the "search and replace" dialog? With 1 command and the 2 words selected? ...
- Chris_45 almost 15 years
  
  I wonder how smart Word is, thats the default action with cut etc..but I wonder if there is some swapfunction in Word, I know there are functions for Word if you have a table with FALSE, NOT OR and so on but I havent found any functions "outside a table", but is there?
alex almost 15 years

This is the easiest way to do it.
Chris_45 almost 15 years

What the hardest way to do it?
alex almost 15 years

Modify each work by hand :). I can think of other ways...
Chris_45 almost 15 years

But what if they are not next to each other?
Bonus almost 15 years

You'd need to be better at formulating regular expressions than I am. This might help office.microsoft.com/en-gb/word/HA010873041033.aspx
Kirill Strizhak almost 15 years

And why do you need the hardest way in the first place? Like, you have an easy life without any problems and you are bored, so you start making up problems to spice up your life? :) Well, I dunno, join the army? Or jump off a plane with a parachute? :]
Chris_45 almost 15 years

This is ok when they are as you say next to each other. Thanks.
DarkDiamond over 2 years

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