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Finding and Replacing Text
Dreamweaver's Find and Replace is powerful tool
you can use to search for text and to make changes to that text within the
document you are working on, within selected documents, or throughout your
website. This option searches the text of your document, which is
displayed in the Design view, only.
This document discusses how to find and replace text and
uses the example of changing all references to the Personnel
department to Human Resources.
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).
- From the Edit menu, select Find
and Replace...
OR
Press [Ctrl + [F]
The Find and Replace dialog box appears.
- 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
(We want to change all references to the department found
in the website.)
- From the Search For pull-down list, select
Text
- In the Search For text box, type the text
you are searching for
EXAMPLE: Type
Personnel
- In the Replace With text box, type the
replacement text
EXAMPLE: Type
Human Resources
- OPTIONAL:
From the list of options, select options appropriate to your search
EXAMPLE: Select
Match Case
(We want to change references to the department not to the
word personnel in general.)
- Click FIND NEXT
The first occurrence of the information searched for is identified.
- 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
In our example, we are searching the department's entire local
site. Therefore, we would repeat steps 7 and 8 until we were confident
that replacements were being made correctly. Only then would we click
REPLACE ALL.
- 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.
- From the Edit menu, select Find
Next
OR
Press [F3]
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