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Understanding Find and Replace Options

Options in the Find and Replace dialog box allow you to You can also click the Filters button ( ) to defi ne specifi c
conduct very specifi c and targeted searches. parameters for a search.
The [Find] In menu determines where you want to perform • Match Case limits the search to text that exactly matches
the search. You can search only the current (active) document, the case of the text you want to fi nd. For example, a
all open documents, only fi les in a specifi c folder, only selected search for “Untitled Document” will not fi nd instances of
fi les in the active site, or all fi les in the current local site folder. “untitled document.”
You can also use the Tag menu to limit where you want to • Use Regular Expressions causes certain characters
search. For example, you can fi nd the text “jpeg” only within to function as operators, so that you can search for non-
an <img> tag and change those instances to the correct specifi c text.
extension “jpg”. For example, when this option is not active, a search for
the period character will identify actual periods in the
The Find Previous ( ) and Find Next ( ) buttons document.
navigate to sequential instances of the text you enter in the
Find fi eld. When Use Regular Expressions is checked, the period
character is considered a wildcard that identifi es any
single character. A search for “p.p” would identify any
You can use the Replace button to change the active
instance of text in the Find fi eld, or use the Replace All button instance in which two ps are separated by one other
to change all instances. character (pop, pap, puppy, etc.).
Possible wildcard characters include:
Clicking the Find All button lists all instances of the search . Any character (except a newline character)
text in the Output panel. Double-clicking an item in the \d Any digit (0-9)
Output panel navigates to that instance in the document \D Any non-digit character
window.
\w Any alphanumeric character or the underscore
Clicking the Replace All button changes all instances of the \W Any character, except an alphanumeric character
Find text to the Replace text. Changes are reported in the or the underscore
Output panel, but changes in fi les that are not currently open \s Any white-space character (space, tab, etc.)
cannot be undone. \S Any character, except a white-space character

If you check the Exceptions option in the Find and Replace \t Tab character
dialog box, clicking the Replace All button opens the Search
panel with a list of each identifi ed instance. You can use the • Match Whole Word restricts the search to text that
check boxes on the left to determine which instances will be matches one or more complete words.
changed, and then click the Replace button in the panel to • Ignore White Spaces treats consecutive white space as
replace only certain instances. a single space for the purposes of matching.
For example, with this option selected, a search for
My Portfolio would return instances of My Portfolio and
My Portfolio, but not MyPortfolio.
• Find in Selected Text (only available in the Find in
Current Document mode) allows you to search only within
text that is currently highlighted in the document window.
Use these checkboxes Click Replace to • Search Text Only (available only in the Find and Replace
to determine which change only dialog box) allows you to search only text, ignoring any
will be changed. selected instances. code within the text. When toggled off, your search will
include the source code in the document, as well.

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