How to find and replace text with pictures in Microsoft Word

There may be certain situations where you need to replace text with a graphic or image. Microsoft Word doesn't have a Find and Replace search box for text, but there is a workaround you can use, and it involves the Clipboard.

How to find and replace text with images

You can use this process to replace specific placeholder text with an image. This image insertion trick can also be used to insert repetitive icons in a large document. For example, you may want to fill in the content first, and then insert the same image at specific places in the document.

1. Open a Word document and insert a placeholder text (eg ImageFile) if it is not present. Insert it where you want to insert the chart or other element.
2. Copy the image you want to insert to the clipboard.
3. press Ctrl + H to display the Replace tab in the Find and Replace dialog box.
   
4. In the Find that box, type the placeholder text.
5. In the Replace with text box, enter ^ c to indicate the last item copied to the clipboard.
6. Click Find Next and then click Replace , or click Replace All .

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