Searching and Replacing Text and Codes

The Find feature can locate a snippet of text, or a specific code in your document, in just a few seconds. The Replace feature takes the process a step further by allowing you to substitute something else for the search item.

Here's an example of how you might use the Replace feature with Find: Let's say that you accidentally misspelled someone's name throughout a long document. You can search for all occurrences and replace them with the correct spelling. The same thing goes for codes. If you decide you want to search for a particular font and replace it with another one, you can do it with Find and Replace by searching for the code of the unwanted font and replacing it with the code of the desired font. ...

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