When working with a source you can find and replace text and styles (or any combination of these)—for example, you can replace
'Acme' with 'Apex'
'Strategy' with 'Strategy' (same text to new style)
'Scope' with 'Goal' (new text and new style)
All text in heading 1 style to heading 3 style
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You cannot replace text or styles in a node. |
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To find and replace text in a source:
Place the cursor in Detail View.
On the Edit menu, click Replace.
The Replace Content dialog box is displayed.
In the Find What panel, enter the text and style you want to find. If the style is irrelevant, click Any. To find all occurrences of a selected style (regardless of text), leave theText field blank.
In the Replace With panel, enter the replacement text and style. To keep the existing style, select the Same option.
From the Look in drop-down list, select an option
Option |
Description |
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Text |
Search for text in the content only. |
Annotations |
Search for text in annotations only. |
Text and Annotations |
Search for text in the content and associated annotations. |
From the Search drop-down list, select the required search direction
Option |
Description |
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Down |
To search from the cursor to the end of the text. |
Up |
To search from the cursor to the beginning of the text. |
All |
To search all of the text. |
Click the Match case checkbox to find the exact combination of upper and lower case letters.
Click the Find whole word checkbox if you want to find only the occurrences of the complete word that you entered in the Find field. For example, if you search for stick the words tick and sticky will not be found.
Click Find Next button to find the next occurrence of the text and/or style.
Click the Replace button to replace the existing text and/or style.
To change all occurrences of the search text to the replacement text, click Replace All.