Find and Replace View

Find and Replace View

Field

Description

Find what

Type the text, string, or data you want to search for.

Replace with

Type the text, string, or data you want to replace to replace what is in the Find what field.

Expand to display the Property Toolbox fields when selected. Allows you to insert specific property values for non-textual properties, such as brush type, color, enumerations, etc.

• Property: From the drop-down menu, select a property search or replace.
• Value: Enter the specific value for the selected property you want to search or replace.
• Insert: Insert the Property and Value information into either the Find what or Replace with field, depending on where the cursor was active.

Collapses the Property Toolbox fields.

Replace

If nothing is selected in the Find Result pane, the first item is replaced and a Find Next is performed.

If one or more items are selected in the Find Result pane, all selected items are replaced and then a Find Next is performed.

Replace All

Replace all instances of the search criteria listed in the Find Results section.

Find Next

Find the next instance of the search criteria listed in the Find Results section and bring it into view.

Search Options Section

Allows you to specify your search options for the Find What field. Select from the options listed below:

Match Case

Conduct a case-sensitive search based on the text entered.

Match whole word

Conduct a search based on finding the entire text string as entered in the Find what field.

NOTE: If the Regular Expression feature is selected for the search, this feature is bypassed.

Text

Conduct a text search without any wildcards. This is the default setting for the Find and Replace view.

Wildcards

Conduct a search using the following wildcards.

• Type “?” to find any single character. Example: h?t finds hat, hot, hit, and hut.
• Type “*” to find any string of multiple characters. Example: t*n finds torn, town, and train, etc.

Regular Expression

Recognizes your search to find regular expressions. For information on regular expressions, click Expression Help .

NOTE: When this option is selected, the Match Whole Word option is grayed out and inactive.

Filter Section

Look In

Select where the search will take place: the Current Document or active graphic, All Open Documents, or the Entire Project.

Type

Select a field type to further filter your search.

NOTE: This is disabled if you have chosen to look in the Current Document.

Name

Enter a graphic, symbol, or template graphic name to further filter your search. The filter conducts the search based on text or a name entered. If the field is left blank, all “documents” are found and displayed in the Find Results window.

NOTE: This is disabled if you have chosen to look in the Current Document.

All Fields (Everywhere)

Search all fields, including expressions, substitutions, conditions, and properties.

Selected Fields

Select a field type to further filter your search.

• Expression – Search through existing expressions.
• Substitution – Search through existing substitutions, including the Selection Reference and Object Reference properties.
• Condition – Search through evaluations of existing conditions associated with the property selected from the drop-down menu.
• Property – Searches through values associated with the property selected from the drop-down menu.

Only Invalid References

Search for incorrect syntactical usage for data point references found in all project:

• Selection Reference properties
• Evaluations conditions associated with the Selection Reference property.
• Object Reference properties
• All expressions

Find Results Section

Displays the Find what results.

The Refresh Results icon displays when a search or a replace is selected on the Entire Project from the Look In section. The icon allows you to restart a search.

While the search is being refreshed, a status bar displays showing you the progress of the refresh. For larger projects, the refresh can take a few minutes.

The Cancel icon allows you to cancel the refresh process.

NOTE: When you cancel a Replace All operation in the Entire Project, any replacements made, will not be rolled back.

For item found, the following columns information displays:

Field Type

Displays the items field type: Expression, Substitution, Condition, or Property.

Field

Display the name of the item, depending on the field type:

• Expression: Displays the property name and expression index
• Substitution: Displays the substitution name.
• Condition: Displays the property name and condition index.
• Property: Displays the property name.

Match

Display the entire string of the field and highlights the matching pattern.

NOTE: Only the highlighted string will be replaced by the Replace function.

Element

Display the element name and description, along with additional element properties such as their position and size.

Example: Ellipse (My Ellipse) [16/31 48X48]

If the element is a child of a Symbol instance, then the full path of the Symbol instance is prefixed.

Example: Symbol1\Nexted Symbol\ Ellipse (My Ellipse) [16/31 48X48]

Type

Display the document type.

Name

Display the documents name.