Adobe 65009333 - InCopy CS4 - PC Using Manual page 119

Search options for finding and changing text
Contains options that determine the range of the search.
Search menu
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Search the entire document or All Documents to search all open documents.
Documents
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Search all text in the currently selected frame, including text in other threaded text frames and overset text.
Story
Select Stories to search stories in all selected frames. This option appears only if a text frame is selected or an insertion
point is placed.
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Search from the insertion point. This option appears only if an insertion point is placed.
To End Of Story
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Search only selected text. This option appears only if text is selected.
Selection
Searches for text on layers that have been locked using the Layer Options dialog box. You
Include Locked Layers
cannot replace text on locked layers.
Searches for text in stories that have been checked out in Adobe Version Cue or as part of
Include Locked Stories
an InCopy workflow. You cannot replace text in locked stories.
Searches for text on layers that have been hidden using the Layer Options dialog box. When
Include Hidden Layers
text on a hidden layer is found, you can see highlighting where the text appears, but you cannot see the text. You can
replace text on hidden layers.
Text in a hidden condition is always omitted from searching.
Searches for text on master pages.
Include Master Pages
Searches footnote text.
Include Footnotes
Searches for only the word or words that exactly match the capitalization of the text in the Find
Case Sensitive
What box. For example, a search for PrePress won't find Prepress, prepress, or PREPRESS.
Disregards search characters if they are part of another word. For example, if you search for any as a
Whole Word
whole word, InDesign disregards many.
Search using GREP expressions
On the GREP tab of the Find/Change dialog box, you can construct GREP expressions to find alphanumeric strings
and patterns in long documents or many open documents. You can enter the GREP metacharacters manually or
choose them from the Special Characters For Search list. GREP searches are case-sensitive by default.
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Choose Edit > Find/Change, and click the GREP tab.
2
At the bottom of the dialog box, specify the range of your search from the Search menu, and click icons to include
locked layers, master pages, footnotes, and other items in the search.
3
In the Find What box, do any of the following to construct a GREP expression:
• Enter the search expression manually. (See
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Click the Special Characters For Search icon to the right of the Find What option and choose options from the
Locations, Repeat, Match, Modifiers, and Posix submenus to help construct the search expression.
4
In the Change To box, type or paste the replacement text.
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Click Find.
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To continue searching, click Find Next, Change (to change the current occurrence), Change All (a message indicates
the total number of changes), or Change/Find (to change the current occurrence and search for the next one.
"Metacharacters for searching" on page 117.)
Updated 29 April 2009
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