MS Word field codes search & replace

[Bill Nagel <bill -dot- nagel -at- trustworks -dot- com>]

Does anyone know if it is possible to do a search and replace in MS 
Word, specify a field code in the "Replace with:" field, and have the 
original plain text replaced with a working field code? For example:

Original text: "ABC is a product that is designed to..."

Search for: ABC
Replace with: { DOCPROPERTY "Product" \* MERGEFORMAT }

So when "Product" := "XYZ" the text reads "XYZ is a product that is 
designed to..."

I have several hundred pages of docs that were written for a product 
suite that is now going to be distributed through resellers and (at 
least some of the time) rebranded. Naturally, I'll need to produce 
re-branded documentation. I'd like to be able to make template docs in 
which the product names are field-code variables rather than plain text.

I hope to migrate away from Word in the future, but unfortunately 
there's no time for that at the moment.

Am I missing something, or is this just not possible in Word?

Thanks
bill



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