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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>You've already got everything you need in the standard Find/Change. Here are the steps:<br>1) Define a new variable.<br>2) Manually insert it once into the document<br>3) Select the instance of the variable you just inserted, and then copy it<br>4) In the Find/Change dialog set up the find criteria, and in the Change box choose "By pasting"<br>5) Run the Find/Change<br><br>-Fred Ridder <br><br><div>> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:15:02 -0400<br>> From: judy@hypack.com<br>> To: framers@lists.frameusers.com<br>> Subject: Search and replace with variables<br>> <br>> I'm wondering if there's a tool out there that will do a search and <br>> replace where the replacement is a variable rather than alternate text. <br>> I have a 1500 page manual where no variables were used. I'd like to <br>> implement them, but it's painful to think about doing it by manually.<br>> <br>> Any ideas would be most welcome.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> <br>> Judy Bragg<br>> Technical Writer<br>> HYPACK, Inc.<br>> 860-635-1500<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> <br>> <br>> You are currently subscribed to framers as DocuDoc@hotmail.com.<br>> <br>> Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com.<br>> <br>> To unsubscribe send a blank email to<br>> framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com<br>> or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.com<br>> <br>> Send administrative questions to listadmin@frameusers.com. Visit<br>> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.<br></div> </div></body>
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