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Find and replace text in files, Set Find and Replace options

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USING ROBOHELP HTML 10 134 Working with topics Find and replace text in files Use the Multifile Find and Replace tool to globally find and replace text, HTML tags, and attributes in the current project or across files and folders. Set options in the Find and Replace pod. RoboHelp displays the results in the Find Results pod and also lets you open each modified file in the Find Results Editor pod (HTML view). Note: The tool works best with text files. Set Find and Replace options 1 Press Ctrl+Shift+F or do one of the following: • Select Edit > Find And Replace In Files. • Select View > Pods > Find and Replace In Files > Find And Replace Options. 2 Specify what to find in one of the following ways: • (Basic mode) Type the text, tag, or attribute that you want to search in the Find What box. Note: To find text such as Windows Desktop across multiple lines, type Windows(.|\n)*Desktop and make sure that you select Use Regular Expression. • (Advanced mode) Click the Advanced Mode icon. Select the filters and specify the text, tag, or attribute for RoboHelp to build a regular expression. Begins With Specify phrases, words, or characters that should occur in the beginning of found instances. Ends With Specify phrases, words, or characters that should occur in the end of found instances. Contains Specify phrases, words, or characters that found instances should contain. Does Not Contain Specify phrases, words, or characters that found instances should not contain. Note: In Advanced mode, the Multifile Find and Replace tool performs multiline search. 3 Type the text, tag, or attribute that you want to replace in the Replace With box. If you want to search without replacing, leave the Replace With box empty. 4 To specify which files and folders to search, use the Look In option. • By default, RoboHelp searches the current project. If you want to search specific files or folders, click the Browse button and select the files or folders. • (Optional) Select Include Subfolders. 5 To confine your search to specific file types within the current project, or the files or folders you have selected in the previous step, use the Files Of Type option. Note: The Multifile Find and Replace tool works best with text files. 6 (Optional) Use the following options to limit or filter your search: Match Case Searches text that exactly matches the case of the text that you want to find. For example, if you want to search for the quick fox, you will not find the The Quick Fox. Use Regular Expression Lets you use MS Word-style or UNIX-style expressions to be interpreted as regular expression operators. For more information, see "Use Microsoft-style regular expressions" on page 135. Use WildCards Lets you use wildcard characters (such as *,?) to represent one or more characters when you are searching. For example, index* locates all instances of the word index as well as all files that begin with index, like index.doc and index.txt. Last updated 7/13/2012

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USING ROBOHELP HTML 10
Working with topics
Last updated 7/13/2012
Find and replace text in files
Use the Multifile Find and Replace tool to globally find and replace text, HTML tags, and attributes in the current
project or across files and folders. Set options in the Find and Replace pod. RoboHelp displays the results in the Find
Results pod and also lets you open each modified file in the Find Results Editor pod (HTML view).
Note:
The tool works best with text files.
Set Find and Replace options
1
Press Ctrl+Shift+F or do one of the following:
Select Edit > Find And Replace In Files.
Select View > Pods > Find and Replace In Files > Find And Replace Options.
2
Specify what to find in one of the following ways:
(Basic mode) Type the text, tag, or attribute that you want to search in the Find What box.
Note:
To find text such as
Windows Desktop
across multiple lines, type
Windows(.|\n)*Desktop
and make sure
that you select Use Regular Expression.
(Advanced mode) Click the Advanced Mode icon. Select the filters and specify the text, tag, or attribute for
RoboHelp to build a regular expression.
Begins With
Specify phrases, words, or characters that should occur in the beginning of found instances.
Ends With
Specify phrases, words, or characters that should occur in the end of found instances.
Contains
Specify phrases, words, or characters that found instances should contain.
Does Not Contain
Specify phrases, words, or characters that found instances should not contain.
Note:
In Advanced mode, the Multifile Find and Replace tool performs multiline search.
3
Type the text, tag, or attribute that you want to replace in the Replace With box.
If you want to search without replacing, leave the Replace With box empty.
4
To specify which files and folders to search, use the Look In option.
By default, RoboHelp searches the current project. If you want to search specific files or folders, click the Browse
button and select the files or folders.
(Optional) Select Include Subfolders.
5
To confine your search to specific file types within the current project, or the files or folders you have selected in
the previous step, use the Files Of Type option.
Note:
The Multifile Find and Replace tool works best with text files.
6
(Optional) Use the following options to limit or filter your search:
Match Case
Searches text that exactly matches the case of the text that you want to find. For example, if you want
to search for
the quick fox
, you will not find the
The Quick Fox
.
Use Regular Expression
Lets you use MS Word-style or UNIX-style expressions to be interpreted as regular
expression operators. For more information, see “
Use Microsoft-style regular expressions
” on page
135.
Use WildCards
Lets you use wildcard characters (such as
*
,
?
) to represent one or more characters when you are
searching. For example,
index*
locates all instances of the word
index
as well as all files that begin with
index
, like
index.doc
and
index.txt
.