Use the Multi-File Find and Replace dialog to find and replace text in multiple files. You can select one or more files in any combination, find text and replace it.
Drive and folder list (left side of dialog): Displays all drives and folders that are available to use in the search. Double-click to select and open the contents of a drive or folder. List on right side of dialog displays files in selected drive, folder or subfolder.
Name: Displays names of all files.
Size: Displays sizes of files.
Modified: Indicates the date when each file was last updated.
File name: Specifies the kinds of files to include in the search. Criteria can include wildcards (*), file names or extensions. For example, enter *.HTM to only search HTML topic files.
Filter: Filters the list of files displayed so the ones listed match the specified search criteria (entered in File name). For example, updates the list so it displays all files using the .HTM extension.
Add: Adds the files to use them in the search (the drive, folder, subfolder names are added to Target Files and Directories).
Tip: You can select files from the list if you do not want to add all of them. To select multiple files, press and hold CTRL and click each one. To select a range of adjacent files, press and hold SHIFT, click the first file and then click the last file.
Target Files and Directories: Identifies the files (with their complete path) to include in the search.
Remove: Removes a set of files from Target Files and Directories.
Find: Text box that identifies the text to search for. (Enter the exact text to find.)
Replace: Text box that identifies the replacement text. (If you want to remove the search text from the topics without replacing it with other information, do not enter text in this box.)
Case Sensitive: Only finds text that exactly matches the capitalization entered in Find. (Clear this option to find text, regardless of how it is capitalized.) For example, if the text in Find is "Dive", Case Sensitive only finds topics that use "Dive" and not "dive".
Whole Word: Only finds text that exactly matches the wording entered in Find (does not find parts of words). Clear this option to find parts of words that are similar to the text entered in Find. For example, if the text in Find is "Dive", Whole Word only finds topics that use "Dive" and not "Diver" or "Divers".
Start: Begins the search.