Replacing text in multiple topics

After you set up search criteria to find text in multiple topics and start the actual search, Search Results displays a list of topics matching your criteria.

Since the program replaces both topic content and HTML syntax, be absolutely sure that you want to replace the existing text in the topics before you actually do so. If you are unsure, do one of the following:

To replace text in multiple topics:

  1. In Replace, enter the replacement text. Skip this step if the text is already displayed.

  2. From the list of files, select the ones to update. To update all files, you do not need to select them from the list.

  1. Specify how you want to replace the text.

  1. When the files are updated, a message is displayed indicating the number of occurrences that were replaced.