Multi-file search and replace recommendations?

["F. Marc de Piolenc" <piolenc -at- archivale -dot- com>]

Dear Listmates,

I do all my own writing in straight ASCII text, then import into a 
desktop publisher for formatting, so I have little experience with 
"word processors." Unfortunately, I have lately been forced to put 
extra emphasis on my other income stream, namely translations (German 
and French to English, English to French), and in that field nearly 
everything that comes in is in Word format, translation to be 
delivered in the same format. Right now I have a large (by my 
standards) job sitting on my hard drive that would really benefit 
from being able to make simultaneous edits to an entire folder full 
of Word files - repetitive table entries and headings, repeating 
vocabulary, even entire phrases. Ages ago I used an MS-DOS utility 
that made changes to an entire directory's worth of text files, but I 
have no idea where to find that and doubt that it would be useful in 
dealing with M$'s proprietary formats.

As soon as I finish this message I will go to Tucows and other 
software banks in my Bookmarks, but I am hoping to save some search 
time by tapping the experience of other listmembers. What do you recommend?

Best,
Marc de Piolenc
Iligan City, Philippines  

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