Replacing text in the text editor

To replace a text string with another string, you use the Find and Replace command.

To replace a text string:

From the Edit menu, select Replace...
The editor Find and Replace dialog appears with the Replace tab selected.
Type the text that you want to change in the Find what box. A history of previously searched words is available by clicking the Find List button.
Type the text that you want to replace it with in the Replace with box. A history of previously replaced words is available by clicking the Replace List button.
Change search options (see below) if required.
Click Replace to replace the first occurrence of the searched text, or Replace All to replace all occurrences.

Search Options

The Search box allows you to select the search mode:

All searches for the first occurrence from the beginning of the file.
Selected searches through selected text only.
Forward and Backward specify the direction of the search, starting at the current cursor position.

Match case restricts search criteria to the exact same case.
Match whole word only restricts the search to complete words.
Use regular expression allows you to specify UNIX-like regular expressions as search criteria.