Find & Replace
Finds or replaces text or formats in the current document.
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Enter the text that you want to find, or select a previous search from the list.
Search options are listed under the Find box and in the Other options area of the dialog.
Match case
Matches the exact character provided in the Find box without considering any alternative case matches.
Disable this option to consider all possible case matches. For example, entering "a" in the Find box matches both "a" and "A".
Be aware that some characters may have more than one match when Match case is disabled. For instance, "s" matches "s", "S" and "Ã" (sharp S used in the German language).
Searches for whole words or cells that are identical to the search text.
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Enter the replacement text, or select a recent replacement text or style from the list.
Replacement options are listed under the Find box and in the Other options area of the dialog.
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Finds and selects the previous occurrence of the text or format that you are searching for in the document.
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Finds and selects the next occurrence of the text or format that you are searching for in the document.
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Replaces the selected text or format that you searched for, and then searches for the next occurrence.
Replace All
Replaces all of the occurrences of the text or format that you want to replace.
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Shows more or fewer search options. Click this label again to hide the extended search options.
Current selection only
Searches only the selected text or cells.
Replace backwards
Search starts at the current cursor position and goes backwards to the beginning of the file.
Match character width (only if Asian languages are enabled)
Distinguishes between half-width and full-width character forms.
Sounds like (Japanese) (only if Asian languages are enabled)
Lets you specify the search options for similar notation used in Japanese text. Select this checkbox, and then click the Sounds button to specify the search options.
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Diacritic-sensitive
Searches exact match, does not include Unicode combining marks in search. For example, searching for ŲØĒب will not match ŲŲØĒŲبŲ or ŲŲØĒŲب or ŲØĒŲب and so on.
Kashida-sensitive
Searches exact match, does not include Arabic Tatweel mark U+0640 (also known as Kashida) in search. For example, searching for ŲØĒاب will not match ŲŲØĒاب or ŲØĒŲŲŲŲاب and so on.
Attributes
Format
Finds specific text formatting features, such as font types, font effects, and text flow characteristics.
After you select format and attributes that you want to search for, the Paragraph Styles checkbox in the Other options area changes to Including Styles. Select this checkbox if you want to include search for formatting and attributes set by styles.
No Format
Click in the Find or the Replace box, and then click this button to remove the search criteria based on formats.
The search and replace criteria selected for Format and Attributes are displayed under the Find and Replace boxes.
After you close the Find & Replace dialog, you can still search using the last search criteria that you entered, by pressing Shift++F.