Global Search and Replace

[Combs, Richard]

Ben Anderson wrote: 

> I'm sure this has been asked/answered before, but is there a 
> way to globally replace one paragraph tag with another in a 
> book file?  For example, I have a tag called "X-1" and I want 
> to replace it with "A-3".

I recommend opening and saving all files in the book first. Then: 

1) Put your cursor in an "A-3" pgf, and select Edit > Copy Special >
Paragraph Format. 

2) Select Edit > Find/Change (Ctrl+f). 

3) In the Find/Change dialog, set Find to Paragraph Tag and enter "X-1"
(minus the quotes) in the box to the right. Set Change to By Pasting.
Set Look in to Book. 

4) If you're brave, you can click Change All, but I suggest stepping
through at least a few Change & Find operations first, until you're
confident it's doing what you intended. 

Note: This only changes instances on body pages. If the pgf is used in
your master and ref pages, you have to search those separately. 

HTH!
Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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