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Viewing Find results, Use Microsoft-style regular expressions

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USING ROBOHELP HTML 10 135 Working with topics Note: When you use wildcards or regular expressions, the Match Whole Word and Ignore HTML tags options are unavailable to indicate that these options are automatically turned off. You can't turn on these options. Match Whole Word Searches for text that matches one or more complete words. For example, if you enter nation as the search term, you will not find explanation. Exclude HTML Tags Searches for a specific text string only in the content, ignoring any occurrence in HTML tags. For example, a search for the string title will only find occurrences of the string in the content and not in HTML tags, such as . Note: If you want to search for attributes, deselect the Exclude HTML Tags option. 7 (Optional) Use the following options while replacing text in files. Make Backups Backs up the original files before replacing text Overwrite Backups Lets you overwrite existing backups when you select Make Backups Open Modified Files After Replace All Opens each modified file in HTML Editor after replacing the text. You can review the changes, undo the changes if required, and save the file. Note: If this option is not selected, RoboHelp saves each modified file after replacing all instances. 8 To search without replacing, click Find All or Find Next. Find All Displays all occurrences of the search text or tags in the Find Results pod. Find Next Jumps to and selects the next occurrence of the search text or tags in the current topic. If there are no more instances of the text or tags in the current topic, RoboHelp moves to the next topic in the project, if you are searching across topics in a project. The results of the search are displayed in the Find Results pod. For more information, see "Viewing Find results" on page 135. 9 To replace found text or tags, click Replace All or Replace. Use Microsoft-style regular expressions RoboHelp supports various Microsoft-style regular expressions like the following: ? c?rd finds card and cord * r*m finds ram and random [ ] [cg]lass finds class and glass [-] [c-g]lip finds clip and flip @ ste@p finds step and steep For more information, see Microsoft-style regular expressions and these examples available on Peter Grainge's site. Viewing Find results The Multifile Find and Replace tool displays the results in the Find Results pod. To view the Find Results pod, select View > Pods > Find And Replace In Files > Find Results. The Find Results pod displays the files in which the search text appears. The line number and column number help you locate the searched or replaced text in a topic. Last updated 7/13/2012

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USING ROBOHELP HTML 10
Working with topics
Last updated 7/13/2012
Note:
When you use wildcards or regular expressions, the Match Whole Word and Ignore HTML tags options are
unavailable to indicate that these options are automatically turned off. You can’t turn on these options.
Match Whole Word
Searches for text that matches one or more complete words. For example, if you enter
nation
as the search term, you will not find
expla
nation
.
Exclude HTML Tags
Searches for a specific text string only in the content, ignoring any occurrence in HTML tags.
For example, a search for the string
title
will only find occurrences of the string in the content and not in HTML
tags, such as
<title>
.
Note:
If you want to search for attributes, deselect the Exclude HTML Tags option.
7
(Optional) Use the following options while replacing text in files.
Make Backups
Backs up the original files before replacing text
Overwrite Backups
Lets you overwrite existing backups when you select Make Backups
Open Modified Files After Replace All
Opens each modified file in HTML Editor after replacing the text. You can
review the changes, undo the changes if required, and save the file.
Note:
If this option is not selected, RoboHelp saves each modified file after replacing all instances.
8
To search without replacing, click Find All or Find Next.
Find All
Displays all occurrences of the search text or tags in the Find Results pod.
Find Next
Jumps to and selects the next occurrence of the search text or tags in the current topic. If there are no
more instances of the text or tags in the current topic, RoboHelp moves to the next topic in the project, if you are
searching across topics in a project.
The results of the search are displayed in the Find Results pod. For more information, see “
Viewing Find results
on page
135.
9
To replace found text or tags, click Replace All or Replace.
Use Microsoft-style regular expressions
RoboHelp supports various Microsoft-style regular expressions like the following:
?
c?rd
finds
card
and
cord
*
r*m
finds
ram
and
random
[ ]
[cg]lass
finds
class
and
glass
[-]
[c-g]lip
finds
clip
and
flip
@
ste@p
finds
step
and
steep
For more information, see
Microsoft-style regular expressions
and
these examples available on Peter Grainge's site
.
Viewing Find results
The Multifile Find and Replace tool displays the results in the Find Results pod.
To view the Find Results pod, select View > Pods > Find And Replace In Files > Find Results.
The Find Results pod displays the files in which the search text appears. The line number and column number help
you locate the searched or replaced text in a topic.