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Using Find and Replace
How to find text in a question
- Click the Find button from the picture toolbar or click Editand select Find, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F (PC) or Cmd+F (Mac).
- Enter the text you want to locate and set the search options.
If you want to find text that exactly matches the case of your search text, click Match case. Click Find whole words only to locate only complete words. When this option is not selected, the program will find all occurrences of a word, even partial words. For example, searching for "the" will find "the," "there," and "them." Select From cursor to have the program start searching from the location of the cursor. When this option is off, the program always starts searching from the beginning of the question.
- Click Find to begin the search.
- To find the next occurrence of the same word or phrase, click Find Again or use the keyboard shortcut F3 (PC) or Cmd+G (Mac).
How to replace text in a question
- Click Edit and select Replace, or use the shortcut Ctrl+R (PC) or Cmd+R (Mac).
- Enter the text you want to find and the replacement text.
- Set the search options.
If you want to find text that exactly matches the case of your search text, click Match case. Click Find whole words only to locate only complete words. When this option is not selected, the program will find all occurrences of a word, even partial words. For example, searching for “the” will find “the,” “there,” and “them.” Select From cursor to have the program start searching from the location of the cursor. If you don't want the program to confirm each replacement, turn off the Prompt to replace option.
- Click Replace to replace only the first occurrence.
- Click Replace All if you want the program to find and replace all occurrences of the text.