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Under '''Edit › Find & Replace (Ctrl + f)''' you can search through your whole document for a particular string of text. If you happen to have mistyped a complicated name, you can use the menu to replace the wrong spelling with the correct one.  
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Under '''Edit › Find & Replace (Ctrl + f)''' you can search through your whole document for a particular string of text and also replace it with some other string.  
  
I myself often use the search tool to find markers in my text, where I’ve left off late the evening before or where bits are still missing (I like to use “###” for that purpose).
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I myself very often use the search tool for a quite different purpose: I ‘mark’ passages in need of further editing with the
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optically salient ###, allowing me to easily locate these passages at a later date.
  
You can also use this menu to replace a style with another style (select '''More Options''').
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You can even replace a paragraph style with another style (select '''More Options'''). This is especially useful to rid yourself of superfluous styles.
  
Using '''More Options''' you can also search for and delete specific text elements such as empty lines. You use '''Regular expressions''' to accomplish this task. So in the search field you would type the regular expression “'''^$'''” and then press '''Replace all'''.
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Finally you can remove all empty paragraphs in one go: Under '''More Options''' choose '''Regular expressions''' and write '''^$''' in the search field, then press '''Replace all'''.
 
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Revision as of 14:12, 6 September 2015



Under Edit › Find & Replace (Ctrl + f) you can search through your whole document for a particular string of text and also replace it with some other string.

I myself very often use the search tool for a quite different purpose: I ‘mark’ passages in need of further editing with the optically salient ###, allowing me to easily locate these passages at a later date.

You can even replace a paragraph style with another style (select More Options). This is especially useful to rid yourself of superfluous styles.

Finally you can remove all empty paragraphs in one go: Under More Options choose Regular expressions and write ^$ in the search field, then press Replace all.


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