Tip5: Find and Replace by Hand Search 'target' and replace all the 'target' :%s/target/replacemnet/g But one by one? /target search document for next match. * execute a search for the word under the cursor at that moment. *nn cycle through all matches, taking us back to where we started. cw delete to the end of the word and drop us into Insert mode. Example Tip4 Tip6