Finding and replacing text

You can find and replace strings of text, including text characters, words, phrases, and keyboard symbols, such as the ampersand (&).

To find and replace text:

  1. Choose Find/Change from the Edit menu.

    The Find/Change dialog box appears.

  2. Type the text you want to find in the Find text box.
  3. If you want to replace the found text, type the replacement text in the Change text box or if you want to delete the found text, leave this box empty.
  4. Select the options you want to use.

    Select this option

    To do this

    Search In

    Select the page you want to search in. Search the Top Page, All Open Pages, and All Pages In All Open Sites. Using the Site Editor you can also Selected Pages In The Top Site, All Pages In The Top Site, and Selected Pages In All Open Sites.

    In Edit Mode
    In HTML Mode

    Select the mode you want to search in. Search In Edit Mode to find the a match in Edit Page mode only. Search In HTML Mode to find a match in Edit HTML Source mode only.

    Case Sensitive

    Only find exact matches of the text, including case. For example, "Coffee" would find "Coffee" but not "coffee." Leave unchecked to ignore case.

    Whole Word

    Only find the text if it appears by itself without any other characters.

    Search Backwards

    Search backward from the insertion point instead of forward.

    Wrap Around

    Search through the page again.

  5. Click the appropriate button to perform the search.

    Click this button

    To do this

    Find Next

    Find the text you typed in the Find text box.

    Change All

    Replace all instances of the found text with the text you typed in the Change text box.

    Change

    After a successful find, replace the found text.

    Change, Find

    After a successful find, replace the found text and search for the text again.



    Choose Find Next from the Edit menu if you want to find the same text again without reopening the Find/Change dialog box.


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