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Using Find-Replace

The Find-Replace functionality is accessed through Search | Find Replace... and Search | Repeat. These options are also available from the tool bar. The first option envokes a Find Replace dialog, while the Repeat option re-executes the previous Find-Replace action from the cursor position. The principal Find-Replace actions are described below.

Find-Replace Actions
Action	How to Envoke	Description
Simple Find	Enter text in the Find text box. Press the Find button.	Finds the first instance of the requested text if it exists.
Find Between	Enter text in the Begin and End text boxes. Check the Use Find-Between check box. Press the Find button.	Finds the first instance of text between the Begin and End search strings.
Find with Find Between	Enter text in the Find text box. Enter text in the Begin and End text boxes. Check the Use Find-Between check box. Press the Find button.	Executes a Find Between search then limits the scope of the Find search to the text between the Begin and End search strings.
Replace	Enter text in the Find text box. Enter text in the Replace text box. Press the Replace button.	Finds the first instance of the requested text, if it exists, and replaces it with the text entered in the Replace text box.
Replace All	Enter text in the Find text box. Enter text in the Replace text box. Press the Replace All button.	Finds all instances of the requested text and replaces them with the text entered in the Replace text box.

The options described below are used to fine-tune the behavior of the principal Find-Replace actions.

Find-Replace Options
Option	Affect	Applicable Actions
Treat Find Text As
Text	The search text will be interpretted as is.	Simple Find Find Between Find with Find Between Replace Replace All
Regular Expression	The search text will be interpretted as a regular expression.	Simple Find Find Between Find with Find Between Replace Replace All
Scope
Cursor	Executes the requested Find-Replace action starting from the cursor postion.	Simple Find Find Between Find with Find Between Replace Replace All
Selection	Limits the scope of the requested Find-Replace action to the selected text.	Simple Find Find Between Find with Find Between Replace Replace All
Top of File	Executes the requested Find-Replace action starting from the top of the file.	Simple Find Find Between Find with Find Between Replace Replace All
Options
Match Case	Only searches for text that exactly matches the case of the search text.	Simple Find Find Between Find with Find Between Replace Replace All
Whole Words	Any text that matches the search text must be a word rather than part of a word.	Simple Find Find Between Find with Find Between Replace Replace All
Prompt on Replace	Prompts the user before performing a replace.	Replace Replace All
Extend Selection	Selects text from the cursor position to the end of the found text.	Simple Find Find Between Find with Find Between
Post-Find Actions
Select Text	The found text is selected.	Simple Find Find Between Find with Find Between
Select Text and Text Between	The Begin and End text as well as the found text is selected.	Find Between
Cursor Before	Places the cursor before the found text.	Simple Find Find Between Find with Find Between
Cursor After	Places the cursor after the found text.	Simple Find Find Between Find with Find Between