Find and replace text

You can find all occurrences of a text string in selected text, text in the current page, text in the current file's page layouts, all pages, or all text in the map. If desired, you can replace the text string at the same time.

Find text

1. If you plan a comprehensive search, or a search of page layouts, you do not need to select or highlight anything.

OR

• If you are searching text in a single page, click the page in the map to make it the current page.

OR

• If you are searching text in multiple pages, select them in the map.

2. Choose Edit > Find.

3. In Text to search for, type the text you want to find.

4. In Search in, specify exactly what you want to search. The options available depend on whether you selected anything in step 1:

• Current page searches in the current page, usually the one you are viewing. (If you are using Split Page Area to view more than one page at a time, only the page with the active window ribbon is reviewed.)

• All pages searches all of the text in all of the file's pages, except for text that is automatically put into pages by page layouts.

• Page layouts searches only the text that is part of the file's page layouts.

• Map text searches all labels and sequence titles in the map.

• Selected pages searches text in all of the pages that are selected, except for text that comes from page layouts.

5. (Optional) To search only for text whose capitalization matches exactly what you have typed, choose the Match case option.

6. Click Find Next. CuteSITE Builder finds the first occurrence of the word and displays it in the dialog box in context.

7. (Optional) Click Find Next again to find other occurrences of the word. Click Replace to enter replacement text for the text that CuteSITE Builder has found.

Replace text

1. If you are searching text in a single page, click the page in the map to make it the current page

OR

• If you are searching text in multiple pages, select them in the map.

OR

• If you plan a comprehensive search, or a search of page layouts, you do not need to select or highlight anything.

2. Choose Edit > Replace.

3. In Text to search for, type the text you want to find.

4. In Search in, specify exactly what you want to search. The options available depend on whether you selected anything in step 1:

• Current page searches in the current page, usually the one you are viewing. (If you are using Split Page Area to view more than one page at a time, only the page you have most recently touched is checked.)

• All pages searches all of the text in all of the file's pages, except for text that is automatically put into pages by page layouts.

• Page layouts searches only the text that is part of the file's page layouts.

• Map text searches all labels in the map.

• Selected pages searches text in all of the pages that are selected, except for text that comes from page layouts.

1. (Optional) To search only for text whose capitalization matches exactly what you have typed, choose the Match case option.

2. For Replace with, type the replacement text.

3. Click Find Next. CuteSITE Builder finds the first occurrence of the word and displays it in the dialog box in context.

4. Click Replace to replace the text and find the next occurrence.

OR

• Click Replace All to replace all occurrences of the text in the page or file.

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Overview

Notes

• In order to search all the text in a file, you must request three separate searches: of the pages, the page layouts, and the text in the map.

• When you search for text or check spelling, CuteSITE Builder scans the content of each page's fields first, before it scans the contents of the page. Within each page, CuteSITE Builder scans the contents of the page areas in this order: left border, top border, right border, bottom border, page body.

• All text in a page is searched at the same time, regardless of whether it is content unique to that page or static text inherited from a page layout.

• If you find a mistake in static text, the efficient place to edit such text is on the page layout itself. For example, to make a minor change in a corporate name or message that appears on every page, simply choose Tools > Page Layout Editor and then change the text once in the page layout.

• Unless you click Start from beginning, CuteSITE Builder begins scanning at your cursor location, if any, and from the current page, if any. This lets you stop and make changes and then resume searching.

• Whether you search all pages or only a few, CuteSITE Builder moves through pages in the order in which they appear in the outline. You can change this order. If you have searched only part of a file, CuteSITE Builder offers you the option of checking from the file's beginning.

• CuteSITE Builder only searches for the indicated text string. You cannot enter complex search criteria such as asterisks or question marks or operators such as “AND” or “OR.”

• Image descriptions (in image properties) and prompt text (in page layouts) are never searched.

• If you are searching a file and CuteSITE Builder finds a text string in a page, CuteSITE Builder displays the page in the page area as well as showing the text in context in the dialog box. To work directly with the text, click Close to close the dialog box.