• Find and Replace Text
  • Find and Replace Text
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  • The Find and Replace tool allows you to locate text in your content and replace it with alternative text, if desired.
  • Text in the following areas is included in this operation:
  • Module, section, and topic names
  • Text and object names in the Frame Properties toolpane
  • Implicit text for string inputs
  • Decision frame headings and path names
  • Text in Author Notes, Instructor Notes, and Expected Test Results panes in the Topic Editor
  • Jump-in point text
  • Text in web pages
  • HTML elements such as text in tables, lists or image alt tags
  • Tooltips
  • Glossary terms and definitions
  • Keywords
  • Roles
  • Document output fields in the Properties toolpane
  • Custom properties
  • The names of the following document types are not included in this operation: web pages, packages, glossaries, role lists, and publishing styles.
  • Note:
  • The search does not include search JavaScript, cascading style sheets (css) or html markup (only content text including Alt tags).
  • Note:
  • You can start this tool from the Library or the Outline Editor only. From the Library, you must have at least one document selected or the tool is disabled. If nothing is selected in the Outline Editor, the entire outline is searched; this is equivalent to selecting the root of the outline.
  • In the Find and Replace dialog box, you can type the search and replacement text or select from a list of previous entries. The Developer maintains a history of the search and replace text entries in both the Find What and Replace With lists. You can search for an entire sentence, a specific word, or a portion of a word. If the word or phrase for which you are searching has capitalization or formatting, the word or phrase with which it is replaced has the same formatting or capitalization. You can also replace text with an empty string (to delete the text) or with one or more spaces, except for document names.
  • By default, the selection and its related documents are searched. Clicking the View Related Documents link displays any related documents and their locations. For this process, related documents are defined as all searchable documents that are directly or indirectly linked as children of the selection. For example, if you select a section that has topics and each of the topics has a web page linked as its concept, choosing to search related documents searches the section, the topics, and the web pages linked to the topics. Templates and package contents are not included in this operation.
  • If you want to search only the selected item(s), you can deselect the Include Related Documents option in the Find and Replace dialog box. You can also select this option after starting the search to include related documents for the rest of the selection.
  • To further define a search, you can choose options that allow you to ignore occurrences of the search text that appear as part of another word (Match Whole Word Only) and/or to find text that exactly matches the capitalization of the search text (Match Case). Special characters in a search string, such as * and ?, are treated as normal text during a search; they do not act as wildcards.
  • Note:
  • Language
  • When the Developer finds the first instance of the text, it indicates the path in the Library to the document, plus information about where the word appears, such as a document name or web page text. You can choose to replace the text, keep searching the remainder of the content, or close the Find and Replace dialog box.
  • You can precisely control text replacement by confirming each instance, or you can automatically replace all occurrences of the search text if you do not want to review each replacement.
  • Warning!
  • Multi-user Considerations
  • For changes to be made to a document using this tool, the document must be checked out. If you plan to use this tool offline, you should
  • check out
  • check in
  • version control system
  • To find text:
  • From the Library or Outline Editor, select one or more documents or folders containing the documents in which you want to find text.
  • On the
  • Edit
  • Find and Replace
  • Type the text you want to find in the
  • Find what
  • Find what
  • Select the desired
  • Find Options
  • Click
  • Find Next
  • Click
  • Find Next
  • Click
  • OK
  • When you are done finding text, click
  • Close
  • To find and replace text:
  • From the Library or Outline Editor, select one or more documents or folders containing the documents in which you want to replace text.
  • On the
  • Edit
  • Find and Replace
  • Type the text you want to find in the
  • Find what
  • Find what
  • Type the replacement text in the
  • Replace with
  • Replace with
  • Select the desired
  • Find Options
  • Click
  • Find Next
  • For each occurrence of the search text, you can do one of the following:
  • Replace
  • Yes
  • No
  • Replace All
  • Yes
  • No
  • Find Next
  • When the find and replace process has completed, click
  • OK
  • When you are done replacing text, click
  • Close