Find and replace dialog box

The Find and Replace dialog box allows you to search for text in blocks, attributes, dimensions and hyperlinks and optionally, to replace it with another text string.

  1. Find Text
  2. Find
  3. Options
  4. Replace With
  5. Search In
  6. Select Entities
  7. Search report
  8. Replace
  9. Replace All
  10. Zoom To
  11. Zoom In
  12. Zoom Out
  13. Select All

Find Text

Specifies the text to find.

Find

Finds the next occurrence of the text string.

Shortcut Keystroke: Crtl+F.

Options

Opens the Find and Replace Options dialog box that allows you to specify the types of text entities to search.

Text Types
Specifies the types of text to include in the search:
  • Block Attribute Value
  • Dimension or Multileader Text
  • Text
  • Table Text
  • HyperLink
  • Hyperlink Description
Search Options
Specifies the search options:
  • Match Case: only reports if string matches the use of capital letters.
  • Whole Words: only reports if whole word matches the entered text string. If a long word contains the entered string, this will not be reported in the results.
  • Use Wildcard: filters the search using wildcard characters as comparison criteria.
  • Search Blocks: includes blocks in the search.
  • Ignore Hidden Items: does not include hidden items in the search.

Replace With

Specifies the text that will replace the found text. Do not fill in this field when you're only searching for text.

Search In

Specifies the range of search:

  • Entire Drawing: searches all text in the drawing.
  • Current Layout: only searches in the current Layout.
  • Current Selection: only searches in the current selection that can be made using button no. 5.

Select Entities

Dismisses the dialog box so that you can select the entities to search. After choosing one or more entities, press Enter to return to the dialog box.

Search report

Displays the number of matches found in the selected entities, and the number of matches and entities changed after replacement. The search result can be sorted by each column.

Replace

Replaces the found text string with the replacement string.

Shortcut Keystroke: Ctrl+R.

Replace All

Replaces all occurrences of the text string with the replacement string.

Shortcut Keystroke: Ctrl+A.

Zoom To

Zooms to the part in the drawing that contains the found text string.

Zoom In

Zooms in on the center of the window with a factor of 2.

Zoom Out

Zooms out from the center of the window with a factor of ½.

Select

Creates a selection set from the selected entities in the list and closes the dialog box.

Select All

Selects all occurrences of the text string.