Adobe 65009333 User Guide - Page 119

Search options for finding and changing text, Search using GREP expressions

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USING INCOPY CS4 113 Text Search options for finding and changing text Search menu Contains options that determine the range of the search. • Documents Search the entire document or All Documents to search all open documents. • Story 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. • To End Of Story Search from the insertion point. This option appears only if an insertion point is placed. • Selection Search only selected text. This option appears only if text is selected. Include Locked Layers Searches for text on layers that have been locked using the Layer Options dialog box. You cannot replace text on locked layers. Include Locked Stories 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. Include Hidden Layers 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. Text in a hidden condition is always omitted from searching. Include Master Pages Searches for text on master pages. Include Footnotes Searches footnote text. Case Sensitive 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 PrePress won't find Prepress, prepress, or PREPRESS. Whole Word Disregards search characters if they are part of another word. For example, if you search for any as a whole word, InDesign disregards many. Search using GREP expressions On the GREP tab of the Find/Change dialog box, you can construct GREP expressions to find alphanumeric strings and patterns in long documents or many open documents. You can enter the GREP metacharacters manually or choose them from the Special Characters For Search list. GREP searches are case-sensitive by default. 1 Choose Edit > Find/Change, and click the GREP tab. 2 At the bottom of the dialog box, 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. 3 In the Find What box, do any of the following to construct a GREP expression: • Enter the search expression manually. (See "Metacharacters for searching" on page 117.) • Click the Special Characters For Search icon to the right of the Find What option and choose options from the Locations, Repeat, Match, Modifiers, and Posix submenus to help construct the search expression. 4 In the Change To box, type or paste the replacement text. 5 Click Find. 6 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. Updated 29 April 2009

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USING INCOPY CS4
Text
Search options for finding and changing text
Search menu
Contains options that determine the range of the search.
Documents
Search the entire document or All Documents to search all open documents.
Story
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.
To End Of Story
Search from the insertion point. This option appears only if an insertion point is placed.
Selection
Search only selected text. This option appears only if text is selected.
Include Locked Layers
Searches for text on layers that have been locked using the Layer Options dialog box. You
cannot replace text on locked layers.
Include Locked Stories
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.
Include Hidden Layers
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.
Text in a hidden condition is always omitted from searching.
Include Master Pages
Searches for text on master pages.
Include Footnotes
Searches footnote text.
Case Sensitive
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
PrePress
won’t find
Prepress
,
prepress
, or
PREPRESS
.
Whole Word
Disregards search characters if they are part of another word. For example, if you search for
any
as a
whole word, InDesign disregards
many
.
Search using GREP expressions
On the GREP tab of the Find/Change dialog box, you can construct GREP expressions to find alphanumeric strings
and patterns in long documents or many open documents. You can enter the GREP metacharacters manually or
choose them from the Special Characters For Search list. GREP searches are case-sensitive by default.
1
Choose Edit
> Find/Change, and click the GREP tab.
2
At the bottom of the dialog box, 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.
3
In the Find What box, do any of the following to construct a GREP expression:
Enter the search expression manually. (See “
Metacharacters for searching
” on page
117.)
Click the Special Characters For Search icon to the right of the Find What option and choose options from the
Locations, Repeat, Match, Modifiers, and Posix submenus to help construct the search expression.
4
In the Change To box, type or paste the replacement text.
5
Click Find.
6
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.
Updated 29 April 2009