The Search menu provides commands to find and replace text.
| Find | Find a pattern of text. |
| Replace | Replace one pattern of text with another. |
| Next | Find and/or replace the next occurrence of text pattern. |
The Search|Find command searches the current text window for a text pattern. The command displays the Find dialog, which controls the search process. Options in the dialog determine whether only whole words are to be matched, whether the case of characters is significant, and whether the search should be conducted forwards or backwards through the document. As each match is found, it is highlighted in the document.
The Search|Replace command searches the current document for a text pattern, and replaces occurrences of the pattern with new text. The command displays the Replace dialog, which controls the search/replace process. Options in the dialog determine whether only whole words are to be matched, and whether the case of characters is significant. The dialog is also used to specify the pattern to search for, and the text to replace occurrences with.
The Search|Next command repeats the last Find or Replace operation.