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Find and Replace
About Find and Replace
The Find and Replace feature lets you do the following:
• Search for a text string, a font, a color, a symbol, a sound file, a video file, or an imported bitmap file.
• Replace the specified element with another element of the same type. Different options are available in the Find
and Replace dialog box depending on the type of specified element.
• Find and replace elements in the current document or the current scene.
• Search for the next occurrence or all occurrences of an element, and replace the current occurrence or all occur-
rences.
Note: In a screen-based document, you can find and replace elements in the current document or the current screen, but
you can't use scenes.
The Live Edit option lets you edit the specified element directly on the Stage. If you use Live Edit when searching for
a symbol, Flash opens the symbol in edit-in-place mode.
The Find and Replace Log at the bottom of the Find and Replace dialog box shows the location, name, and type of
the elements for which you are searching.
See also
"Working with screens" on page 366
Find and replace text
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Select Edit > Find and Replace.
Select Text from the For pop-up menu.
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In the Text box, enter the text to find.
In the Replace With Text box, enter the text to replace the existing text.
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Select options for searching text:
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Searches for the specified text string as a whole word only, bounded on both sides by spaces, quotes, or
Whole Word
similar markers. When Whole Word is deselected, the specified text can be searched as part of a larger word. For
example, when Whole Word is deselected, a search for place will yield the words replace, placement, and so on.
Searches for text that exactly matches the case (uppercase and lowercase character formatting) of the
Match Case
specified text when finding and replacing.
Searches for text in regular expressions in ActionScript. An expression is any statement that
Regular Expressions
Flash can evaluate that returns a value.
Searches the contents of a text field.
Text Field Contents
Frames/Layers/Parameters
Searches strings in ActionScript in the document or scene (external ActionScript files are not
Strings in ActionScript
searched).
To select the next occurrence of the specified text on the Stage and edit it in place, select Live Edit.
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Note: Only the next occurrence is selected for live editing, even if you select Find All in step 7.
Searches frame labels, layer names, scene names, and component parameters.
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