Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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To search for or replace tabs, spaces, or other special characters, select a representative character (metacharacter)
from the pop-up menu to the right of the Find What box. You can also choose wildcard options such as Any Digit
or Any Character.
Use metacharacters to search for special characters, such as a tab.
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Use a predefined query to find and replace text. (See “Find/change using queries” on page 146.)
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In the Change To box, type or paste the replacement text. You can also select a representative character from the
pop-up menu to the right of the Change To box.
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Click Find.
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To continue searching, click Find Next, Change (to change the current occurrence), Change All (a message indicates
the total number of changes), or Change/Find (to change the current occurrence and search for the next one).
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Click Done.
If you don’t get the search results you expected, make sure that you clear any formatting you may have included in a
previous search. You may also need to expand your search. For example, you may be searching only a selection or a
story instead of the document. Or, you may be searching for text that appears on an item, such as a locked layer or
footnote, that is currently excluded from the search.
If you change your mind about replacing text, choose Edit > Undo Replace Text (or Undo Replace All Text).
To find the next occurrence of a previously searched-for phrase without having to open the Find/Change dialog box,
choose Edit > Find Next. In addition, previous search strings are stored in the Find/Change dialog box. You can
select a search string from the menu to the right of the option.
Find and change formatted text
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Choose Edit > Find/Change.
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If the Find Format and Change Format options don’t appear, click More Options.
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Click the Find Format box, or click the Specify Attributes To Find icon
to the right of the Find Format Settings
section.
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On the left side of the Find Format Settings dialog box, select a type of formatting, specify the format attributes,
and then click OK.