Limited access to a document usually means that the creator of the document is able to limit how much access one person is able to get.
Assuming that the user is talking about Microsoft Word, the options available when using the replace feature include replace, replace all, and find next. First, the Find what and Replace with boxes locates a word or phrase and replaces it with the new text. Selecting the replace option will update one instance while the replace all option will update all instances without stopping at each one. You can click on the Find Next several times until you come to the instance that you want to update.
The responsibility for failures was deflected away from the automated parts of the system (and the humans, such as engineers, whose control is mediated through this automation) and placed on the immediate human operators, who possessed only limited knowledge and control.