In my last post ( Employing eTools) , I talked about when not to trust electronic tools. In this post, I'd like to talk about some ways to use the tools effectively. Since I picked on word processors last time, I'll start with them. Find and Replace Most modern word processors have a 'find' function which is used to find a specific series of characters and a 'replace' function that is used to replace one string of characters with another. I use these features to find all the places I typed the word "form" when I meant to type "from". I make this mistake (form for from) all the time. I know I do it, and I still don't see it when it happens. So I use find and replace. I do not use "replace all". Why not? Because "form" is a perfectly good word and sometimes I use it on purpose. Using 'replace all' would simply replace one error with another. Instead, I use "find next" to find each instance of "for...