Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 312)

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Wildcard searches
Clipboard for metacharacter searches
Replace with clipboard contents
Find and remove unwanted text
XML tagging
Search menu
Include Locked Layers
Include Locked Stories
Some OpenType formatting options appear in both the OpenType Options and Basic Character Formats (Position menu) sections. For
information on OpenType and other formatting attributes, search for the related topic in InDesign Help.
To search for (or replace with) formatting only, leave the Find What or Change To box blank.
5. If you want to apply formatting to the text found, click the Change Format box, or click the Specify Attributes To Change icon in the
Change Format Settings section. Then select a type of formatting, specify the format attributes, and click OK.
6. Use the Find and Change buttons to format the text.
If you specify formatting for your search criteria, info icons appear above the Find What or Change To boxes. These icons indicate that formatting
attributes have been set and that the find or change operation will be restricted accordingly.
To quickly remove all formatting attributes in the Find Format Settings or Change Format Settings sections, click the Clear button.
Common Find/Change techniques
Specify wildcards, such as Any Digit or Any White Space, to broaden your search. For example, typing “s^?ng” in the Find
What box searches for words beginning with an “s” and ending with “ng,” such as “sing,” “sang,” “song,” and “sung.” You can either type wildcard
characters or choose an option from the Wildcards submenu in the pop-up menu next to the Find What text field.
To search for metacharacters such as em dashes or bullet characters, you may want to select the text
first and paste it into the Find What box to spare the trouble of entering metacharacters. InDesign automatically converts pasted special characters
to their metacharacter equivalent.
You can replace search items with either formatted or unformatted content copied to the clipboard. You can
even replace text with a graphic you copied. Simply copy the item, and then, in the Find/Change dialog box, choose an option from the Other
submenu from the pop-up menu to the right of the Change To box.
To remove unwanted text, define the text you want to remove in the Find What box and leave the Change To
box empty (make sure that no formatting is set in this box).
You can apply XML tags to text you search for.
Search options for finding and changing text
Contains options that determine the range of the search.
Documents
Search the entire document or All Documents to search all open documents.
Story
Search all text in the currently selected frame, including text in other threaded text frames and overset text. Select Stories to search stories
in all selected frames. This option appears only if a text frame is selected or an insertion point is placed.
To End Of Story
Search from the insertion point. This option appears only if an insertion point is placed.
Selection
Search only selected text. This option appears only if text is selected.
Searches for text on layers that have been locked using the Layer Options dialog box. You cannot replace text on locked layers.
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