How do I find and replace 'whole words only', in Microsoft Word?

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I want to be able to find and replace eat with Eat in Microsoft Word 2007. However, I don’t want to replace every occurrence of eat such as those that can be found inside other words such as great and meat.

I have tried doing this using the regular Find and Replace tool, but I get words with capital letters in the middle.

Is there a way I can just replace eat with Eat if it only exists on its own?

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