WordPipe Search and Replace for Word

Use WordPipe Find and Replace for Word to migrate Microsoft Word hyperlinks when you rename file servers, to translate files by applying massive search/replace lists, or find and replace your organization's name, address, website etc across thousands of worksheets - automatically. WordPipe is designed as a hands-off tool requiring next to no user intervention, as you would expect for migrating large numbers of files. It copes with a myriad range of Microsoft Word bugs, such as restarting Microsoft Word every 1000 documents to avoid memory errors. It also copes with the largest variety of problem documents of any tool, ranging from password protected and corrupted documents to SharePoint locked documents. To use WordPipe, you simply add a list of search/replace pairs, and for each one, specify where in the document it should be found. Then you tell it which files to process - that's it! - as recommended by Microsoft!

Use it for...

• Standardizing corporate name changes such as your organization's phone number, address, web site or CEO
• Performing server consolidations where document links need updating
• Migration of documents when a server is renamed or replaced and all Word document links need updating
• Updating documents to use Microsoft Namespace Server mappings
• Standardize Policy Headers
• Technical editing - Marking words and phrases based on fixed specifications
• Changing part numbers or SKUs across multiple files
• Removing digitized signatures from documents prior to converting them to PDF and placing them on the web
• Translating documents
• Correcting OCR (scanned) documents
• Detecting 'TOP SECRET' documents that have been saved in the wrong folder (by security identifiers located in headers)
• and much more. See our new Timing calculator

Translators can use WordPipe's grid to define multiple search/replace pairs. Check out our testimonial from a very satisfied user!

User benefits

• Fast!
• No limit on the number of documents processed - use it across an entire file server or web server
• Translators can import search/replace lists from Excel, CSV- or Tab-delimited files
• Easy to use with integrated online help
• In addition to supporting all of Microsoft Word's search and replace options, WordPipe offers many more, such as hyperlinks, bookmarks, drop down fields and more.
• Stand-alone - doesn't integrate directly with Microsoft Word so it doesn't destabilize your installation
• Hyperlink report/pre-migration analysis can identify the existing links and what they would be changed to (complete report in full version only)
• Lite version works with documents located on the local system. Pro version works with documents locally, on File Servers or NAS, Novell cluster volumes etc.
• Translations are available for other languages

Features

• New! Accept all revisions before starting.
• Highlight option on replacement
• Now searches and replaces hyperlinks inside footnotes, endnotes and comments
• Now can search/replace document templates
• Now can update ISO-9001 version numbers
• Search and replace inside form drop down fields
• Search and replace inside bookmark names to ensure consistency across multiple documents.
• Now handles locked fields - and restores the lock after making changes
• Search and replace inside the headers and footers of multiple sections
• Search and replace inside text boxes, shapes and inline shapes, and now inside grouped shapes
• Search and replace inside hyperlinks and hyperlink addresses
• Search and replace UNC link paths
• Search and replace inside field codes
• Search and replace inside built in document properties and custom properties such as Title, Subject, Author, Company etc
• Search and replace graphics and company logos - see the FAQ
• Search and replace inside VBA Code Modules - even if protected with a password.
• Search and replace inside OLE and DDE Links
• Search Only mode - very handy for detecting where replaces would occur
• Fully Unicode compliant - search and replace international character sets (unlike competing products)
• Allows replacements to be longer than 255 characters (Microsoft Word limits this to 255)
• Search and replace with all Word's options such as Wildcards (pattern matching), Match Case, Whole Words only, Sounds Like, Find All Word Forms
• Works with Windows SharePoint Services document libraries
• Files can be specified by folder (optionally including sub folders), by importing from a list file, or by pasting in a list of filenames
• Control the document types used - so you can process .doc, .rtf, .html, .htm, .dot, .txt, .asc, .ans, .wri, .mcw, .wpd, .wps or any custom document type
• Can be automated or scheduled via the command line, and settings are saved in an easy-to-edit or generate XML format
• Handles documents with password for open or modify
• Handles protected documents - and restores the original protection after making changes
• Handles mail merge documents
• Read only documents can be processed or skipped
• Read only recommend documents are processed with NO user intervention
• Easy to install/uninstall
• The original file date and time stamp can be preserved.
• Does not alter documents unless a change is made. In Search Only mode, no changes are made.
• All settings can be saved and re-loaded later, allowing you to manage multiple jobs.
• Full backup facility, and the ability to rollback if the results are not acceptable.
• Full audit trail on completion, logging the changed documents, unchanged documents and error documents.
• Beware of cheap imitations.

Microsoft SharePoint Services

To use WordPipe with Microsoft SharePoint Services, just specify a UNC path to the document root e.g. \\servername\path

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WordPipe's default screen (Click for more)

In 453 Word documents, I let WordPipe search for "und" and replace it by "XXX". There were 82429 (!) occurrences. It took only 10 (TEN!!!!) minutes Michael Hentschel       It's a remarkably powerful utility which-if you need it-can't be beat. It's an industrial strength search & replace utility for Microsoft Word. Without opening a single Word file, you can quickly change thousands of documents with the push of a button. Think Batch Operation-On-Steroids. Say you change your phone number and need to correct your letterhead in hundreds of documents. Just launch WordPipe and you're home free. Now that's cool! -DingBat Magazine

Clients

WordPipe is currently being used by a range of clients across the world such as

• African Products Pty (Ltd)
• Arten Technology Group
• Business Filings Inc
• CNH Consulting
• Contassur Assistance Conseil
• County of Winnebago, Illinois
• Datahr Rehabilitation Institute
• Diedre Moire Corporation
• Eriksen Translations Inc
• halbzoll
• H. A. Guden Co
• Midway USA
• Office of State Revenue - Qld Treasury
• Parker Hannifin R/S Div
• PDG Architechts (sic)
• Pfizer Inc
• Pierson Behr, Attorneys
• Roche Palo Alto
• Sande Sistemas de Informaci? SL
• Scottish Power Generation Ltd
• Softwise Inc
• Standard Aero Ltd
• TM Communications Inc
• UCLA
• Wellington City Council
• Wells Fargo
• and more.

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Technical specifications

• Microsoft® Windows® 8 and x64, Windows 7 and x64, Vista®, Vista 64, 2008/2003 Server, XP
• All versions of Microsoft Word (2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, XP) or Microsoft Office (2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, XP), but not Word 97 or Word Starter Edition (which is a cut-down version with zero integration capability)
• Hard Disk with 2 MB free disk space
• 32 MB RAM

Multi-user, Site and Enterprise licenses are also available to enhance the efficiency of your entire team.

Awards

	Editor's Pick at Brothersoft
	Wareseeker.com - Editor's Pick - April 2010
	SoftChecker.com, Jul 2005
	CriticalFiles.com, Jun 2005
	4 Cows at Tucows
	Editor’s pick, their highest award (Jan 2003)

See also

• TextPipe industrial strength text conversion, transformation, cleansing and extraction workbench
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• PowerPointPipe search and replace in PowerPoint presentations
• DataPipe search and replace in live database records
• ResumePipe if you need to cleanse and process emails