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Finding and replacing text


    The Find command finds and replaces text strings on paths and within type containers while retaining the type style, color, kerning, and other type attributes of the text.

To find and replace text:

  1. Choose Type > Find/Change.
  2. Enter the text string you want to find and, if desired, the text string with which to replace it.
  3. Select one of the following options:
    • Whole Word searches only for entire words that match the text in the Find What text box.
    • Case Sensitive searches only for text strings that exactly match the uppercase and lowercase text in the Find What text box.
    • Search Backward searches the file in reverse order from the insertion point to the beginning of the file.
    • Wrap Around searches the entire file, starting from the text selection point to the end of the file and then from the beginning of the file to the text selection point.
  4. Select one of the following options:
    • Find Next searches for the next instance of the text string, without replacing it.
    • Change/Find replaces the text string and then searches for the next instance of it.
    • Change replaces just the currently found instance of the text string in the file.
    • Change All replaces all occurrences of the text string in the file.
  5. Click Done.