WPS Find and Replace Location on macOS helps you search text, replace content, match patterns, and jump to specific positions in a document; it includes 6 core tasks, with 6 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.
At a Glance
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Core tasks | 6 | Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index |
| Available without membership | 6 | Matches the number of Free rows in the index |
| Membership-related items | 0 | Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index |
About This Feature
Overview
Find and Replace Location is a built-in editing tool in WPS Writer for macOS. It helps you quickly search document content, replace text in batches, match content by format or wildcard rules, and jump to a target position such as a page, section, line, footnote, comment, or graphic.
Key capabilities include:
- Find text to move through matching results and highlight all matches.
- Replace text one by one or all at once.
- Replace formatting by finding one format and applying another.
- Use wildcard search and wildcard replacement for rule-based text patterns.
- Go to a specific page, section, line, footnote, comment, or graphic.
This feature is useful for long-document review, terminology updates, layout cleanup, structured text processing, and fast navigation.
System Requirements
| Item | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system | A Mac device that can run WPS Office for macOS normally |
| App version | The latest version of WPS Office is recommended so all Find, Replace, and Go To entries are available |
| Network | A network connection is not required for local find and replace tasks, but it is needed for downloading the app and account-related actions |
| Other | You need to open a document in WPS Writer and have permission to edit the file |
Download & Installation
Before using this feature, install WPS Office for macOS and open your document in WPS Writer.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Official download | WPS Office Free Download |
| Check after installation | Launch WPS Office → open WPS Writer → confirm that a Find and Replace entry is available on the Home tab |
Source: WPS download page
Compare with Alternatives
| Dimension | WPS | Microsoft | Notion | Adobe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Summary | Supports find, replace, format replacement, wildcard search, wildcard replacement, and go-to navigation in one editing flow. | Word supports find and replace, format-based find and replace, special character find and replace, and wildcard find and replace. | Google Docs supports find and replace, match case, and regular expressions in documents. | Notion clearly supports in-page search and workspace search shortcuts, but its official help content does not describe a traditional document-wide replace workflow like a word processor. | Acrobat supports searching PDFs with the Find toolbar or Search window, and the Find toolbar includes a Replace With option. |
| WPS Advantages | Advantage: WPS combines text search, replacement, format replacement, wildcard handling, and go-to navigation in one feature group for long-document editing. | Compared with WPS: Word offers a broad set of related options, but some advanced actions are described through the Navigation Pane and Advanced Find & Replace flow. | Compared with WPS: Google Docs focuses on find and replace plus regular-expression matching, with less official detail about multiple go-to target types in document editing. | Compared with WPS: Notion is more focused on page search and workspace navigation than on batch text replacement and structured go-to targets inside a traditional document. | Compared with WPS: Acrobat is well suited to PDF search and replacement, but its workflow is centered on PDFs rather than word-processing navigation targets. |
| Official Source | — | Find and replace text in Word | Search and use find and replace | Keyboard shortcuts | Searching in PDFs |
Overall Conclusion: WPS is a practical choice when you need to search, replace, and jump through long documents in one place. If your main work happens in collaborative web documents, workspace pages, or PDFs, the other products may fit those document types more directly.
Use Cases
| No. | Scenario | Suitable for | Main challenge | How this feature helps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Checking keywords in long documents | Editors, students, researchers | Scrolling manually through a long file is slow | Use Find to move through matches and highlight all results |
| 2 | Standardizing terms in batches | Writers, legal teams, administrative staff | Old terms need to be updated consistently | Use Replace to update one match at a time or all matches at once |
| 3 | Adjusting styles in batches | Layout editors, report writers | A certain type of text uses inconsistent formatting | Use format replacement to find one format and apply another |
| 4 | Processing rule-based text | Advanced users, proofreaders | Content must be matched by character patterns | Use wildcard search or wildcard replacement |
| 5 | Jumping to a target position quickly | Reviewers, thesis writers | You need to move directly to a page, section, or comment | Use Go To with a target type and value |
Membership & Benefits
Free vs WPS Premium
| Capability | Free users | WPS Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Basic find, replace, and go-to features | Available | Available |
| Basic PDF features | Available | Available with a broader feature range |
| Cloud storage | 1 GB | 20 GB in the pricing page comparison |
| Template downloads | Limited | More template-related benefits |
| AI tools | Limited access for some tools | More AI-related access, with plan-based usage notes |
Source: WPS Office pricing page
Recommendations
| Usage scenario | Recommended plan | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday document search, replacement, and navigation | Free | The feature details here do not show a membership requirement for these tasks |
| More cloud storage, templates, or broader office tools | WPS Premium | Suitable if you also need expanded storage, templates, and additional office capabilities |
How to Subscribe
- WPS membership center: Subscribe to WPS Premium
Source: WPS Office pricing page