Search-and-replace for multiple documents

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Is there such a thing as a search-and-replace command that will search for an item and replace it in multiple documents in a project? (For instance replacing " - " with " — ")

2

There’s “Project Replace”, found under Edit->Find. You can also do that replacement at compile time using the compile setting’s “Replacements” tab, which will leave the original project untouched.

3

Hm. Not what I’m after. Darn.

4

Maelduin,

What is it exactly you’re trying to do?

Project Replace is the right tool for replacing a string of text in multiple documents, so if that’s not working for you, we need more details of what you want to do.

5

I know Project Search, but how do I invoke Project Replace?

6

Edit, Find, Project Replace.

7

Didn’t work. It said “not found”. So I went into one of the documents and searched, and there it was.

Oh, wait, I unchecked “whole words only” and it replaced 44.

Thanks, Devin!