Introduction
The editor Editor includes a find & replace function which allows you to find and replace content in the current document subject to acquiring necessary locks.
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How to
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find or replace text in your document
Click on
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Edit>Find in the upper toolbar or
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use the Ctrl + F keyboard
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shortcut to bring up the Find and Replace dialogue box.
Type the text that you want to find into
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the Search for field.
If you want to replace the found text, then enter the replacement text in the Replace with field.
The number of results that are found in the document are
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shown on the right side in this field and
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each match is also highlighted in the
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Optionally type the text that you want to replace the test you entered in the ‘Search for’ field
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Optionally select the ‘Match case’ checkbox and the search operation will only find results if the exact letter case entered in the ‘Search for’ field is found
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editor. The highlights for the results in the editor are persistent while the Find/Replace window is open. When you close the window, the highlights disappear.
To replace text one occurrence at a time:, Use the Find Next
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or Find Previous buttons (the up and down arrows) to go to the
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occurrence
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you want (you can also use the down arrow and up arrow on your keyboard) and click
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Replace.
To replace all text in one go
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, click Replace All.
Selecting the Match case option will result in the find operation only finding results that match the search text and have the same letter case.
Selecting the Whole words option will result in the find operation only finding results which are whole words and match the search text.
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Hints and tips
The highlights for the results in the editor are persistent while the Find/Replace window is open. When you close the window, the highlights disappear. The Replace button won’t work unless you are selecting the text with the Next and Previous buttons even though the number of results adjust as though the text is being replaced
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