USING ROBOHELP HTML 9
Working with topics
Close the dialog box.
Close
Find and replace
Find and replace text in a topic
Open a topic.
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Select Edit > Find or Edit > Replace.
Type the text in the Find box.
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(Optional) Set options. Use expressions to broaden or restrict search results.
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Click Find or Find Next.
Click Replace or Replace All, or ignore the selection and click Find Next.
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Windows expressions
c?rd finds card and cord
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r*m finds ram and random
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[cg]lass finds class and glass
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[c-g]lip finds clip and flip
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ste@p finds step and steep
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UNIX expressions
sells? finds sell and sells
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co*p finds cop, coop, and cp; r.*m finds ram and random
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[cg]lass finds class and glass
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[c-g]lip finds clip and flip
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ste+p finds step and steep
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Find options
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Select Edit > Find.
Type a word or phrase to search for (the search string).
Find
Search for the next occurrence.
Find Next
End the search.
Close
Allow Regular Expressions
Limit the search to strings that exactly match the case of the entered search string.
Match Case
Select the direction of the search.
Direction
Search up from the current insertion point.
Backward
Search down from the insertion point.
Forward
Recognize Microsoft Word-style or UNIX-style expressions.
Last updated 12/14/2011
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