Replacing Text

Replacing Text

If you are dealing with long amounts of text, you may need to use FreeHand's Find Text dialog box.

To use the Find Text dialog box:

Place your insertion point in 313m1215d the text block, or select the text block or path.

Choose Edit > Find & Replace > Text to open the Find Text dialog box

Figure 16. The Find Text dialog box allows you to search and replace text strings or invisible characters.

In the Find field, type the text string you want to search for. In the Change to field, type the text string you want as a replacement.

To search for only the word listed, click the Whole word box. If you want to search for the text exactly as typed in uppercase and lowercase, click Match case.

Click to open the Special pop-up menus . This lets you insert the codes for the special characters into the Find and Change fields.

Figure 17. The Special pop-up menu allows you to insert special characters into the Find and Change to fields.

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If you know the codes, you can type or paste them directly into the fields.

Click the Find First button to find the first instance of the text string.

Click Change to change the text

Figure 18. The Change and Change All buttons allow you to make changes to the text.

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Click the Find Next button to find the next instance of the text string.

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Click Change All to change all occurrences of the text string.

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To see the text currently being searched by the Find Text dialog box, click Show selection.