I’ve tried both Find-And-Replace (cntrl-F) and Edit|Find|Replace and neither works at all. In the first method, all of the ‘action’ buttons are greyed out, in the second, it’ll let me hit Go, and the little bar fills up with green, but then nothing’s changed at all.
Help? My version is: Version: 1.9.16.0 - 14 Nov 2019, and I’m not interested in trying the beta version, thanks.
For Ctrl+F to work, you have to have a single document open in the editor or a selection of multiple documents in scrivenings mode. Crtl+F doesn’t work on the corkboard, outline views, or in document notes, etc. Check where your cursor is.
As for Edit|Find|Replace, there is no such option. It’s Edit -> Find -> Project Replace which affects the whole project instead of a single document.
Regards,
M
Thanks - that explains it. I’m working in Outline mode, so it won’t work. As for the Edit|Find|Replace thing, that was just me wanting to type a little less. As is obvious, you knew what I was talking about.
However, that isn’t working either, even in Outline mode. Or does that also not work in the outline?
Project Replace should work in Outline mode.
Can you describe the specific steps you are taking when it isn’t working? And post a screenshot of the Project Replace window so we can get a more clear picture of what may have gone wrong?
Sure, and thanks for helping.
So, when I’m looking at the outline I’m working on, I click on Edit, then Find, then Replace. Then I fill in the appropriate things [(name to be changed) and (name to change to)], make sure Whole Word is clicked, then click on Replace. The little progress bar fills up with green and the names of different destinations flash by, but nothing is changed at the end. (In this case, I’ve done the changes I need by hand, so the change-to name is showing in the outline.)
The column Main Plot is a Custom Meta-Data field, right?
Project Replace does not affect Custom Meta-Data fields.
The places in the project affected by Project Replace are listed at the bottom of the Project Replace window inside the Scope box.
Ah. Argh. That’s… frustrating.
That means that the other issue I’m up against (print file not showing what I want) is also related to the custom meta-data thing, doesn’t it? Blast and fire.
Thanks tons! This was very helpful.
For printing Meta-data check this post: link
