How to swap two words in a Microsoft Word document?

I have a very long file which refers certain persons as Petitioners and certain persons as Respondents. I want to swap these two words so that the Petitioner is changed to Respondent, and vice versa. Can this be done automatically?


Use a third word that does not occur in your text. e.g.

  • change (find and replace) all 'Petitioner' to 'PetitionerXX',
  • then change all 'Respondent' to 'Petitioner',
  • and finally change all 'PetitionerXX' to 'Respondent'.