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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WS663D267C-05F8-43fc-ADDF-4D1B57E36926a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Find and change text</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6f58a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Find and change formatted text</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSEF625856-F000-41f3-A519-10523BBECC56a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Common Find/Change techniques</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSFD58427B-9DC1-41fb-9F4F-D321ACC7502Ba"><h4 class="topictitle4">Search options for finding and changing text</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>If
you want to list, find, and replace fonts in your document, you
might want to use the Find Font command instead of the Find/Change
command. </p>
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<div id="WS663D267C-05F8-43fc-ADDF-4D1B57E36926a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS663D267C-05F8-43fc-ADDF-4D1B57E36926a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Find and change text</h3><div><ol><li><span>To search a range of text or a story,
select the text or place the insertion point in the story. To search
more than one document, open the documents.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Edit&#160;&gt; Find/Change, and then click
the Text tab.</span></li>
<li><span>Specify the range of your search from the Search menu,
and click icons to include locked layers, master pages, footnotes,
and other items in the search.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Find What box, describe what you want to search
for: </span><ul><li><p>Type or paste the text you want to find. </p>
</li>
<li><p>To search for or replace tabs, spaces, or other
special characters, select a representative character (<dfn class="term">metacharacter</dfn>)
from the pop‑up menu to the right of the Find What box. You can
also choose wildcard options such as Any Digit or Any Character.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="iu_15_id" src="images/iu_15_id.png" /><div class="figdesc">Use metacharacters to search for special characters, such
as a tab.</div><br /></div></li>
<li><p>Use a predefined query to find and replace text.
(See <a href="WSB4D7E9CD-F741-40a0-A72A-1DB0E6089630a.html">Find/change items using queries</a>.)</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>In the Change To box, type or paste the replacement text.
You can also select a representative character from the pop‑up menu
to the right of the Change To box.</span></li>
<li><span>Click Find.</span></li>
<li><span>To continue searching, click Find Next, Change (to change
the current occurrence), Change All (a message indicates the total
number of changes), or Change/Find (to change the current occurrence
and search for the next one).</span></li>
<li><span>Click Done.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>If you don’t get the search results you expected, make
sure that you clear any formatting you may have included in a previous
search. You may also need to expand your search. For example, you
may be searching only a selection or a story instead of the document.
Or, you may be searching for text that appears on an item, such
as a locked layer, footnote, or hidden conditional text, that is currently
excluded from the search.</p>
<p>If you change your mind about replacing
text, choose Edit&#160;&gt; Undo Replace Text (or Undo Replace
All Text).</p>
<p>To find the next occurrence of a previously searched-for
phrase without having to open the&#160;Find/Change dialog box,
choose Edit&#160;&gt; Find Next. In addition, previous search
strings are stored in the Find/Change dialog box. You can select a
search string from the menu to the right of the option.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6f58a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6f58a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Find and change formatted text</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Edit&#160;&gt; Find/Change.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If the Find Format and Change Format options don’t appear,
click More Options.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click the Find Format box, or click the Specify Attributes
To Find icon&#160;<img src="images/attrib2find_text_N.png" /> to
the right of the Find Format Settings section.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>On the left side of the Find Format Settings dialog box,
select a type of formatting, specify the format attributes, and
then click&#160;OK.</span> <p>Some OpenType formatting
options appear in both the OpenType Options and Basic Character
Formats (Position menu) sections. For information on OpenType and
other formatting attributes, search for the related topic in InDesign Help.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>To search for
(or replace with) formatting only, leave the Find What and Change
To boxes blank.</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If you want to apply formatting to the text found, click
the Change Format box, or click the Specify Attributes To Change
icon&#160;<img src="images/attrib2find_text_N.png" /> in
the Change Format Settings section. Then select a type of formatting,
specify the format attributes, and click&#160;OK.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Use the Find and Change buttons to format the&#160;text.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>If you specify formatting for your search criteria, info
icons appear above the Find What or Change To boxes. These icons
indicate that formatting attributes have been set and that the find
or change operation will be restricted accordingly.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To quickly remove all formatting attributes in
the Find Format Settings or Change Format Settings sections, click
the Clear button.</div></div>
</div></div>
<div id="WSEF625856-F000-41f3-A519-10523BBECC56a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSEF625856-F000-41f3-A519-10523BBECC56a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Common Find/Change techniques</h3><div><div class="section"><dl><dt class="dlterm">Wildcard searches</dt>
<dd>Specify wildcards, such as Any Digit or Any
White Space, to broaden your search. For example, typing “s^?ng”
in the Find What box searches for words beginning with an “s” and
ending with “ng,” such as “sing,” “sang,” “song,” and “sung.” You
can either type wildcard characters or choose an option from the
Wildcards submenu in the pop‑up menu next to the Find What text field.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Clipboard for metacharacter searches</dt>
<dd>To search for metacharacters such as em dashes or bullet
characters, you may want to select the text first and paste it into
the Find What box to spare the trouble of entering metacharacters. InDesign automatically converts pasted
special characters to their metacharacter equivalent.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Replace with clipboard contents</dt>
<dd>You can replace search items with either formatted or unformatted
content copied to the clipboard. You can even replace text with
a graphic you copied. Simply copy the item, and then, in the Find/Change
dialog box, choose an option from the Other submenu from the pop‑up
menu to the right of the Change To box.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Find and remove unwanted text</dt>
<dd>To remove unwanted text, define the text you want to remove
in the Find What box and leave the Change To box empty (make sure
that no formatting is set in this box).</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">XML tagging</dt>
<dd>You can apply XML tags to text you search for.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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<div id="WSFD58427B-9DC1-41fb-9F4F-D321ACC7502Ba" class="nochunk"><a name="WSFD58427B-9DC1-41fb-9F4F-D321ACC7502Ba"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Search options for finding and changing text</h3><div><div class="section"><dl><dt class="dlterm">Search menu</dt>
<dd>Contains
options that determine the range of the search.<dl><dt class="dlterm">Documents</dt>
<dd>Search the entire document or All Documents to search all
open documents.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Story</dt>
<dd>Search all text in the currently selected frame, including
text in other threaded text frames and overset text. Select Stories
to search stories in all selected frames. This option appears only
if a text frame is selected or an insertion point is placed.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">To End Of Story</dt>
<dd>Search from the insertion point. This option appears only
if an insertion point is placed.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Selection</dt>
<dd>Search only selected text. This option appears only if text
is selected.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Include Locked Layers&#160;<img src="images/inc_loc_Layers_N.png" /></dt>
<dd>Searches for text on layers that have been locked using the
Layer Options dialog box. You cannot replace text on locked layers.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Include Locked Stories&#160;<img src="images/inc_loc_stories_N.png" /></dt>
<dd>Searches for text in stories that have been checked out in
Adobe Version Cue or as part of an InCopy
workflow. You cannot replace text in locked stories.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Include Hidden Layers&#160;<img src="images/inc_hidden_Layers_N.png" /></dt>
<dd>Searches for text on layers that have been hidden using the
Layer Options dialog box. When text on a hidden layer is found,
you can see highlighting where the text appears, but you cannot
see the text. You can replace text on hidden layers.<p>Text
in a hidden condition is always omitted from searching.</p>
</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Include Master Pages&#160;<img src="images/inc_master_pages_N.png" /></dt>
<dd>Searches for text on master pages.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Include Footnotes&#160;<img src="images/inc_footnotes_N.png" /></dt>
<dd>Searches footnote text.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Case Sensitive&#160;<img src="images/case_sensitive_N.png" /></dt>
<dd>Searches for only the word or words that exactly match the capitalization
of the text in the Find What box. For example, a search for <dfn class="term">PrePress</dfn> won’t
find <dfn class="term">Prepress</dfn>, <dfn class="term">prepress</dfn>, or <dfn class="term">PREPRESS</dfn>.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Whole Word&#160;<img src="images/whole_word_N.png" /></dt>
<dd>Disregards search characters if they are part of another
word. For example, if you search for <dfn class="term">any</dfn> as a whole
word, InDesign disregards <dfn class="term">many</dfn>.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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