Searching Documents

The text editor window provides an extensive search-and-replace capability. Two primary methods of searching are supported: Quick Find (ideal for finding text fragments within the current document or set of open documents) and Search in Files (ideal for finding text in a file residing anywhere within a folder structure). All these search mechanisms are triggered through the Edit, Find and Replace menu (and more commonly, through their hotkeys).

Each search mode is also capable of doing replacement operations. That makes a total of four different functions:

Image Quick Find

Quick Replace

Find in Files

Replace in Files

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