Find Replace

Find & Replace

TextEdit's find and replace features enable you to quickly locate or replace occurrences of text strings in your document.

Tip

• Most word processing and page layout applications include find and replace features. Although these features are somewhat limited in TextEdit, full-featured applications such as Microsoft Word and Adobe InDesign enable you to search for text, formatting, and other document elements as well as plain text.

To find text

1.	Choose Edit > Find > Find (Figure 47), or press . The Find dialog appears (Figure 48). Figure 47. You'll find commands for finding and replacing text on the Find submenu under the Edit menu. Figure 48. The Find dialog.
2.	Enter the text that you want to find in the Find field.
3.	To find text from the insertion point forward (rather than the entire document), turn off the Wrap Around check box.
4.	To perform a case-sensitive search, turn off the Ignore Case check box.
5.	To indicate how TextEdit should match the Find text, select the appropriate option from the pop-up menu (Figure 49). Figure 49. Use this pop-up menu to indicate how TextEdit should match the Find text.
6.	Click Next, or press or . If the text you entered in the Find field is found, it is highlighted in the document.

Tip

• To find subsequent or previous occurrences of the Find field entry, choose Edit > Find > Find Next or Edit > Find > Find Previous (Figure 47) or press or .

To replace text

1.	Choose Edit > Find > Find (Figure 47), or press . The Find dialog appears (Figure 48).
2.	Enter the text that you want to replace in the Find field.
3.	Enter the replacement text in the Replace with field (Figure 50). Figure 50. You can set up the Find dialog to find and replace text.
4.	To replace text from the insertion point forward (rather than the entire document), turn off the Wrap Around check box.
5.	To perform a case-sensitive search, turn off the Ignore Case check box.
6.	To indicate how TextEdit should match the Find text, select the appropriate option from the pop-up menu (Figure 49).
7.	Click the buttons at the bottom of the Find dialog to find and replace text: Replace All replaces all occurrences of the Find word with the Replace word. Replace replaces the currently selected occurrence of the Find word with the Replace word. Replace & Find replaces the currently selected occurrence of the Find word with the Replace word and then selects the next occurrence of the Find word. Previous selects the previous occurrence of the Find word. Next selects the next occurrence of the Find word.
8.	When you're finished replacing text, click the Find dialog's close button to dismiss it.

Warning!

• Use the Replace All button with care! It will not give you an opportunity to preview and approve any of the replacements it makes.