IBM Lotus Symphony


Setting find and replace options

You can search for or replace text or formats in the current document. After you close the Find and Replace window, you can still search using the last search criteria that you entered, by pressing Shift+Ctrl+F.

To set search options, click Edit > Find and Replace.
Search for
Enter the text that you want to search for, or select a previous search from the list. Search options are listed in the More Options area.
Replace with
Enter the replacement text, or select a recent replacement text or style from the list, you can choose Replace All to replace all in the whole text. Replacement options are listed in the More Options area.
Match case
Distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase characters and presents search results that match the case entered in the Search for field.
Whole words only
Specifies whether to search for whole words that are identical to the search text.
Note: In Lotus Symphony Spreadsheet, you can specify Entire cells instead.
Current selection only
Searches only the selected text.
Backwards
Search starts at the current cursor position and goes backwards to the beginning of the file.
Regular expressions
Allows you to use wildcards in your search. The wildcard for any string of characters is an asterisk.
Similarity search
Find terms that are similar to the Search for text. Select this check box, and then click the ... button to define the similarity options.
Search for Styles
Specifies whether to search for styles that you specify. Select this check box and then select a style from the Search for list. To specify a replacement style, select a style from the Replace with list.
Comments
In Lotus Symphony Document, you can select to include the comment texts in your searches.
Attributes
Specifies the general text attributes that you want to search for. For example, if you search for the Font attribute, only the instances of text that do not use the default font style are found. If you want to find a specific font, click Format.
Format
Specifies search criteria in text formatting features, such as font types, font effects, and text flow characteristics.
No Format
Removes the search criteria based on formats. The search criteria for formatting attributes are displayed under the Search for field.

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