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On single page


 

Ever had to replace something in lots of pages? Or tried to find some code in the HTML - and just can't seem to find it for looking!! Well, Find and Replace can help out here. You can search for and/or replace text or code in one or multi pages or your whole web.

Using the Find and Replace on one page

  1. Open up your web in FrontPage and open the required page.
     
  2. If you are looking for code, you will have to have the HTML view open.
     
  3. From the main tool bar, click on Edit/Find (Ctrl+F) or Edit/Replace (Ctrl+H). The dialog box that opens will show both the Find and Replace tabs, so you can easily switch between the two.

Edit/Find

 

  1. The main dialog box will open. In the Find what box, type in the word or phrase you want to find
    NOTE: You cannot search for phrases that contain line returns. All words must be contained on one line.
     
  2. And put the replacement text in the Replace with box. Depending whether you are searching for one or more words, some of the other options may be greyed out. This is normal, it just means that those options cannot be applied to your choices.

Find and Replace dialog box

 

  1. Under Search Options, make sure the Current Page is checked.
     

  2. In the Direction Box show All.

Direction of Search

 

  1. The next section - click Match case if upper or lower case is important. The next box Find whole word only - again check that if required .... if unchecked FrontPage will find all instances of what you typed in the Find box, even if forming part of a word. If you have your page open in Normal view, then the Find in HTML box will be greyed out - switching to HTML view will activate that box. Other options may be greyed out, depending on other choices made in the Find/Replace dialog box.

Text options

 

  1. You can now either click on Replace All - in which case all instances of the word or phrase found in the document will be replaced, or if you click on Find Next, FrontPage will find the next instance and highlight it for you, you can then click on Replace or go on to find the next instance. The image below shows how FrontPage has replaced the requested text and advises that it has finished searching the page.

Text replaced and document search finished

 

Next: Find and replace in selected or all pages

 

 

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