Project Find And Replace
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Project Find and Replace allows you to find and optionally replace text throughout the Document! X and HelpStudio Bundle project.
Options are provided to allow searching within XHTML source and for matching in whole word/case sensitivity. It is also possible to search and replace using regular expressions.
Project Find and Replace Fundamentals
Find a specific word or phrase:
- Select Project Find and Replace on the Tools tab.
- Enter the word or phrase you are searching for in the Find What text box.
- If you only want to search in specific project elements, select them from the Find In: list. By default, the whole project is searched.
- If you only want to find whole word matches, select the Match Whole Word option.
- If you only want to match the exact case, select the Match Case option.
- If you want to search in HTML source, select the Search in HTML option. If you are searching in HTML source you can enable the Use regular expressions option to use regular expression syntax in your search term.
- Select Find to search.
Replace a specific word or phrase:
- Enter the term you are searching for, and the find options you wish to enable (see Find a specific word or phrase above).
- Enter the text you wish to replace with the found text in the Replace With text box.
- Select Find to search.
- To replace a specific match, select it from the list of results and click Replace.
- To replace all matches, click Replace All.
Navigation Bar
When you open an item from the results grid (e.g. by double clicking), a Navigation Bar opens above the document tab area:
Example Navigation Bar
The navigation bar makes it easy to step through the items on the results grid.
- Select the < button to move to the previous item in the results grid.
- Select the > button to move to the next item in the results grid.
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