Find and replace data

To open the pane to find and replace data in a document, do one of the following:

•In the Command menu, select Edit > Find.

•On the Sidebar, click Find and Replace.

•Press Cmd+F.

On the Find and Replace pane, if necessary, specify the parameters for searching and replacing data:

1.Expand the Parameters field by clicking the button.

2.Specify the data Search area:

•Entire document: Perform a search in the entire document, including headers and footers.

•Without header and footer: Perform the search in the entire document, with the exception of headers and footers.

3.Check the required Filters:

•Match case when searching: Perform the search based on uppercase and lowercase letters in the text you are looking for.

•Match whole words only: Find only whole words, not text that is part of another word.

•Match case when replacing: Perform the replacement taking into account the uppercase and lowercase letters in the found text. Example: You need to replace the word agreement with the word contract in the text of the document. In this case, the word agreement can be written with both lowercase and uppercase letters (for example, at the beginning of a sentence). Check the box Match case when replacing so that the word agreement with a lowercase letter is replaced by the word contract with a lowercase letter, and the word Agreement with a capital letter is replaced by the word Contract with a capital letter.

4.Collapse the Parameters by clicking the button.

To find the data in the document, follow these steps:

1.In the Find field, enter the data to search for.

2.Press the button or the Enter key on the keyboard.

Matches will be highlighted in the text of the document and displayed as a list in the Find and Replace pane.

The following elements are located above the list:

•Buttons and designed to move through the list of matches.

•Match counter: Displays the sequence number of the selected match and the total number of matches.

You can also navigate through the matches in the list by selecting them with left mouse clicks. The selected match is highlighted in contrasting yellow in the list line and in the text of the document.

The search parameters can be changed in while you work with matches. The list of matches is updated automatically.

To replace the matches found in the document, follow these steps:

1.In the Replace with line, enter the data to replace or leave the field empty if you want to delete the found match.

2.Replace the matches with one of the following methods:

•Click Replace to replace the highlighted match.

•Click Replace All to replace all matches found at the same time.

To close the find and replace pane, do one of the following:

•At the top of the pane, click .

•On the Sidebar, click Find and Replace.

•Press Esc on the keyboard.