Searching in documents

You can search for words or phrases in a document and specify whether the results match the case, the exact search term, or both. You can also replace a single instance of a search result or all search results with a new word or phrase.

About this task

Procedure

  1. To search for a word or phrase in a document, follow these steps:
    1. Click Edit > Find and Replace or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F. The Find and Replace bar appears with the cursor in the Find field.
    2. Type the word or phrase you are searching for in the Find field. When you stop typing, the search results are highlighted in the body text. The Find field displays the total number of results in addition to the number in sequence of the result that is highlighted.
    3. Click the arrow buttons next to the Find field to navigate between search results in the body text. The current result is highlighted in a darker shade.
    Tip: To search for results that exactly match the case of your search term, click the Match Case button in the Find and Replace bar. To search for results that exactly match your search term, click Match Whole Word.
  2. To replace search results with a new word or phrase, follow these steps:
    1. Search for a word or phrase. All instances of that word or phrase are highlighted in the body text.
    2. To replace one search result, use the arrow buttons to navigate to the specific instance of the search term. The current instance is highlighted in a darker shade.
    3. In the Replace with field of the Find and Replace bar, type the word or phrase with which you will replace the search term.
    4. Click Replace.
    5. To replace all instances of the search term, type the new word or phrase into the Replace with field and click Replace All.