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Finding and Replacing HTML Tags

Dreamweaver's Find and Replace is powerful tool you can use to search for HTML tags and their attributes and to make changes to them within the document you are working on, within selected documents, or throughout your website.

This document discusses how to find and replace an HTML tag and its attribute and uses the example of changing the color used to emphasize text.

The Replace feature is useful when you want to change the same piece of information (text or tags) throughout a document(s). Use it to replace each occurrence of the information individually. Clicking FIND NEXT will advance to and review subsequent occurrences.

WARNING: Use the Replace All option with caution! This option will replace your specified information throughout an entire document(s).

1. From the Edit menu, select Find and Replace...
   OR
   Press [Ctrl + [F]
   The Find and Replace dialog box appears.
2. From the Find In pull-down list, select an area to search
   For a description of these options, see Where You Can Search: Find In Options.
   EXAMPLE: Select Entire Current Local Site
3. From the Search For pull-down list, select Specific Tag
4. From the Tag pull-down list, select the tag you are searching for
   EXAMPLE: Select font
5. To further define your search, using the pull-down lists, set the conditions
   EXAMPLE: Select With Attribute, color, =, 800000
   We have specified that we are looking for all font tags where the color attribute is equal to #800000.
6. OPTIONAL: You can set additional conditions by clicking ADDand repeating step 5
   NOTE: To remove a restriction, click MINUS
7. To specify the changes to be made, use the Action pull-down lists
   EXAMPLE: Select Set Attribute, color, CC9900
   We have specified that the color attribute should be set to CC9900.
8. OPTIONAL: From the list of options, select options appropriate to your search
   EXAMPLE: Select Ignore Whitespace Differences
   
9. Click FIND NEXT
   The first occurrence of the information searched for is identified.
10. Click REPLACE or REPLACE ALL
    Use the Replace option to replace each occurrence of the information individually. Clicking FIND NEXT will advance to and review subsequent occurrences.
    WARNING: Use the Replace All option with caution! This option will replace your specified information throughout the entire document(s).
    EXAMPLE: Click REPLACE
11. To close the Find and Replace dialog box, click CLOSE
    The old text is replaced with the new.

Using Find Next

Within a given document, Dreamweaver will remember your last search. So, if you close the Find and Replace dialog box to do additional editing, you can resume your search using Find Next. This does not invoke the Find and Replace dialog box, it simply locates the next occurrence of the information previously searched.

1. From the Edit menu, select Find Next
   OR
   Press [F3]