The forum topic you linked to was actually about changing a register now link that appears somewhere else (not on the Event table). The Event table documentation has the information you’re looking for.
You can change the wording of the Register Now text by changing the short code on the page to be:
The support post ‘Change wording of "Register Now" button / link’ is closed to new replies.
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