ReplaceMagic.Word is used by IT staff to fix broken links in your Word documents when server gets renamed, to change header/footer when for example contact details are changed, by translators and other people who need to do massive search/replace in Word documents.
ReplaceMagic allows you to make scans and search&replace anywhere on your network where you have access from computer where ReplaceMagic is installed but also on your SharePoint.
To use ReplaceMagic, create list of search/replace pairs and specify where in the document it should be found. Then you tell it which folders to process and it is it - it can not be more simple! Use it for...
Performing server consolidations where document links need updating
Server renaming or replacement where document links need updating
... and more
Supported File Formats
- .doc, .dot – Word 97–2003 binary formats
- .docx, .dotx – Word 2007–2019 and Microsoft 365
- .docm, .dotm – macro-enabled Word documents
- All formats: Office 2000–2019 and Microsoft 365
Document Areas Processed
- Hyperlinks and hyperlink display text
- OLE object links (embedded Excel charts, linked images)
- VBA macro file path references
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Comments
- Field codes
- Headers and footers (all sections)
- Text body content
Common Use Cases
- Fix broken hyperlinks in Word documents after server migration or folder restructuring
- Update header and footer content (address, company name, phone number) across thousands of .docx files without opening them
- Repair OLE object links (embedded Excel charts, linked images) after storage changes
- Update VBA macro file path references after server rename
- Fix linked document references after SharePoint migration
Key Features
- Processes all Word formats including legacy .doc and modern .docx
- Handles password-protected Word documents (open and modify passwords)
- Preserves original file dates, formatting and document structure
- Multi-threaded: processes multiple .docx files in parallel
- Works on SharePoint-stored Word documents natively (preserves metadata)
- Search and replace inside the headers and footers of multiple sections
- Search and replace inside hyperlinks and hyperlink addresses
- Search and replace UNC link paths
- Search Only mode - very handy for detecting where replaces would occur
- Search and replace international character sets
- Handles any number of sub folders
- Handles documents with password for open or modify
- Easy to install/uninstall
- The original file date and time stamp will be preserved.
Supported extensions:
Microsoft Word-Document (*.doc,*.dot,*.docx,*.dotx,*.docm,*.dotm)
Supported Word versions: 2000-2013 and most of the features in 2016/2019/Office 365
Requirements: ReplaceMagic needs .NET 4.8.0 or higher so any OS supporting that will work for ReplaceMagic
