Find/Change overview
The Find/Change dialog box contains tabs that let you specify what you want to find and change.
Find/Change dialog box
- A
- Find/Change tabs
- B.
- Find a tab character
- C.
- Replace with an em dash
- D.
- Search options
- E.
- Metacharacters menu
- Text
- Search for and change specific occurrences of characters, words, groups of words, or text formatted a certain way. You can also search for and replace special characters such as symbols, markers, and white space characters. Wildcard options help to broaden your search.
- GREP
- Use advanced, pattern-based search techniques to search for and replace text and formatting.
- Glyph
- Search for and replace glyphs using Unicode or GID/CID values, especially useful to search for and replace glyphs in Asian languages.
- Object
- Search for and replace formatting effects and attributes in objects and frames. For example, you can find objects with a 4-pt stroke and replace the stroke with a drop shadow.
For a video on finding and changing text, objects, and expressions, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0080.