Searching Within Tasks

Task Builder includes search capabilities and bookmarks that allow you to find specific text or steps within your tasks. This can be particularly helpful with long tasks. There is also a Replace function that you can use to replace a string of text in one or more places in the task.

To find text in a task:

1. In the Steps pane, click the step from which you want to start the search. (You can search up or down in the task.)

2. Click the Find icon or click Find on the Search menu.

3. In the Find what box, type the text to search for.

4. Under Conditions, select any conditions you want to use:

   • Match whole words: matches only if text is surrounded by spaces or no character. A search for date would not find dates.

   • Match case: matches only if case is the same

   • Regular expression: uses Regular Expression syntax.

   • Wrap searches: wraps to include whole task rather than stopping at the end (or at the beginning, if searching up)

5. Under Direction, select Up or Down.

6. Click Find Next. The text is highlighted in the task.

7. Click Find Next again to find additional instances of the text.

Note: You can close the dialog box, and find the next instance by clicking Find Next on the Search menu.

To replace text in a task:

1. On the Search menu, click Replace.

2. In the Find what box, type the text to search for.

3. In the Replace with box, type the replacement text.

4. Select any other options that you want.

5. Click Find Next, Replace, or Replace All.

Using Bookmarks

Bookmarks are a means of marking steps in a task so you can find them easily when building or editing the task.

To set or remove a bookmark:

1. In the Steps pane, select the step where you want to place or remove the bookmark.

2. On the Search menu, click Toggle Bookmark.

To go to a bookmark:

• On the Search menu, click Next Bookmark or Previous Bookmark.

Finding Comments

If you have included comments in your task, you can use the Comments debug view to jump to any comment.

To jump to a comment:

1. In the Debug pane, click the Comments tab.

2. Right-click the comment you want to go to and click Jump to.

See Also

Editing Task Steps

Comments Debug View