The replace command is an extension of the find command. If you
are familiar with the find command, you will see many
similarities.
The drop-down box labeled Text to find:,
provides a place for you to enter the text of your search command. (In
the screenshot, that box is currently filled with
KDE)
You can enter your replacement text in the text box labeled
Replacement Text:. You can now click
OK to replace all occurrences in the document, or
you can further refine your search.
KWord's find feature is much more sophisticated than we
discussed above. Using the options in the dialog box, you can narrow
down your search to find exactly what you
want.
The default action for KWord is to search for an exact match of
the text. Fortunately, however, KWord has the ability to match text
according to patterns.
To enable patterns, place a mark in the box labeled Use
Patterns.
This will enable the Insert Pattern button.
This button can be a quick way to add patterns for people unfamiliar
with UNIX® pattern matching.
Замечание
You do not need to use the Insert Pattern
button, to insert your text string. You can type it into the search
line. The Insert Pattern button is a convenience
for people unfamiliar with pattern matching.
For specific information on pattern matching, take a look at the
section entitled Pattern Matching
KWord also has the ability to search your document for text that matches
certain formatting options as well as the text itself.
To include formatting options in your search, click the button labeled
Show Formatting Options.
Once Show Formatting Options has been clicked, a new dialog will appear.
You can use this dialog to select the options you want to include in your search.
The left column consists of nine checkboxes. If there is a mark in the checkbox, then KWord will evaluate
any searchable text for that property. If no mark is in the checkbox, KWord does not consider that property when performing a search.
- Family:
Use this drop down box to select the font family you want to include in your search text.
- Size:
Use this spin box to set the font size you want KWord to search for.
- Color: and Background Color:
Clicking on either of these two buttons allows you to select the font color and/or background color respectively,
you want KWord to search
for. For more information on selecting a color, see the
section on Selecting Colors from the Color Dialog.
- Bold: and Italic:
Use these Yes/No radio boxes to determine whether you want KWord
to include boldface or italicized fonts in the search text.
- Strikeout:
You can select Simple, Double, Simple bold or
Without to modify your search.
- Underline:
You can select Simple, Double, Simple bold or
Without to modify your search.
- Vertical Alignment:
You can select Normal, Superscript or
Subscript to determine what font alignment you want KWord to search for.
Once you have selected your options, click OK to accept your search options.
Click Cancel to ignore all changes.
Click Reset to restore the options dialog box to the default values.
Click Clear to remove all marks from the checked options.
Replace with formatted text
KWord also has the ability to replace the found text with formatted text.
To include formatting options in your search, click the button labeled
Show Formatting Options in the Replace with section.
Clicking No options disables all previous formatting options selections. This ensures that KWord
changes the text, but not the formatting of the text (bold text will remain boldface, superscript text will remain superscript, etc).
Once Show Formatting Options has been clicked, a new dialog will appear.
You can use this dialog to select the format of the replaced text.
The left column consists of nine checkboxes. If there is a mark in the checkbox, then KWord will change
any replaced text to match the property selected.
If no mark is in the checkbox, KWord does not consider that property when replacing text.
- Family
Use this drop down box to select the font family you want your replacement text to use.
- Size
Use this spin box to set the font size you want KWord to use for your replaced text.
- Color and Background Color
Clicking on either of these two buttons allows you to select the font color and/or background color respectively,
you want KWord to use. For more information on selecting a color, see the
section on Selecting Colors from the Color Dialog.
- Bold and Italic
Use these Yes/No radio boxes to determine whether you want KWord
to change the fonts to boldface or italicized fonts.
- Strikeout
You can select Simple, Double, Simple bold or
Without to use for the replacement text.
- Underline
You can select Simple, Double, Simple bold or
Without to use for the replacement text.
- Vertical Alignment
You can select Normal, Superscript or
Subscript to determine what font alignment you want KWord to use.
Once you have selected your options, click OK to accept your text options.
Click Cancel to ignore all changes.
Click Reset to restore the options dialog box to the initial values prior to making any changes.
Click Clear to remove all marks from the checked options.
Placeholders are useful when you want to add text to complex search strings. Currently KWord has only one placeholder:
Complete text string.
This placeholder will contain the entire text string matched by the find command.
For example:
You create a search string, using patterns: Reference \d
Now in the Replace With section of the replace dialog, you place a mark in the checkbox labeled
Use placeholders. Click the Insert Placeholder button and select
Complete text found. KWord will insert a /0 in the
Replacement text text box.
Now surround the placeholder with parentheses, so your text string is: (/0)
When this is executed, whenever KWord encounters the find text (ie. ‘Reference 0’, ‘Reference 1’,
‘Reference 2’, etc) it will surround the text in parethesis (‘(Reference 0)’, ‘(Reference 1)’,
‘(Reference 2)’, respectively).
As you can see, the placeholder will maintain a copy of the search text. You can use this placeholder to add text to the ends of any
search string you can imagine.
Additional options in the dialog are:
- Case Sensitive
When this option is selected, KWord will not only
search for the string of letters, but will verify that the case of the
letters is the same. For example. Searching for:
KDE
will match:
KDE and hiddenKDEinwords but
not: Kde, kde or
hiddenkdeinwords.
- Find backwards
This option changes the direction of the search. This can be
useful when you only want to search for a string of text before the
current cursor position, not after. This option is usually used in
conjunction with From Cursor, but if that option is
not specified, KWord will start searching from the end of the document
backwards.
- Whole words only
When this option is selected, KWord will only return search
items that are surrounded by spaces, paragraph marks or punctuation. For
example. Searching for: KDE
will
match: KDE
but not:
hiddenKDEinwords or KDElike.
- Selected Text
If you want to limit your search to a specific part of
the document (a few paragraphs, for example), you can select the part of
the document you want to search prior to selecting
the Find command. When text is selected, KWord
will default to only searching the selected text. You can use this
option to enable or disable this restriction.
Замечание
This option will not be available if you have not selected text
prior to selecting the Find command.
- From Cursor
By default, KWord begins searching at the beginning of the
document. If this option is selected, KWord begins its search from
the current position of the cursor. The direction that KWord searches
is, by default forward in the document, but can be changed with the
Find Backwards option.
- Prompt on Replace
If this option is selected, KWord will prompt the user
before each replacement. This allows you to
approve or disapprove each replacement.
