SITE INDEX
 

 Find & Replace
 

On selected pages


 

To  find and replace on selected pages

  1. You do not have to have any pages open.
     
  2. Click on View/Folder List.

View/folder List

 

  1. Or click on the arrow on the Toggle Pane icon and select Folder List

Toggle Pane icon


 

  1. Hold down the Ctrl key and left click with the mouse on each file you wish to be included in the Find and Replace. The files will be highlighted.

Highlight the files to be searched

 

  1. Click on Edit/Replace from the main toolbar.
     
  2. 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.
     
  3. And put the replacement text in the Replace with box.
     
  4. Under Search Options, make sure Selected Page(s) is checked.
     
  5. The Direction Box will be greyed out.
     
  6. 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 are wanting to find something in the HTML, then check that box.

Find and Replace dialog box

 

  1. Then click on either Replace All (will find and replace all instances in all the selected pages) or Find In Web (will find all instances in the selected pages  - the text will not get replaced until you then instruct FrontPage to do so). 
     

  2. Below shows how when clicking on Find in Web, FrontPage lists the pages where the text was found. In this case only one of the pages selected contained the word searched for - the Count shows that only one instance was found in that page. The red circle under Status shows that the text has not been replaced yet.  Double-clicking on the page, will open up that page - if you wish to see it prior to FrontPage replacing the text.

Pages listed that will have text replaced

 

  1. If you are happy with the pages shown, then click on Replace All and FrontPage will replace them and the red circle will change to a yellow circle showing that the page(s) have been edited.

Yellow circle shows that the page has had text replaced

 

To search all pages in your web

  1. Open your web in Front Page.
     
  2. You do not need to have any pages open.
     
  3. Click on Edit/Replace.
     
  4. Type in the text to be found and replaced in the relative boxes
     
  5. Check the All Pages box.
     
  6. Make your selection from the Match case, whole word or HTML
     
  7. Now follow the steps for Selected pages above from number 11.

 

 

 

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