How Does Find and Replace Work
Learn the ins and outs of using the Find and Replace function to easily edit and update text in multiple articles at a time
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What is the Find & Replace Feature? How Does Find & Replace Work? From the Dashboard From the Article EditorWhat is the Find & Replace Feature?
The Find & Replace feature allows you to search for specific words or phrases in your articles and replace them with new text. This tool is especially useful for quickly making changes in long documents or updating multiple articles at once, saving time and effort.
How Does Find & Replace Work?
From the Dashboard
- Navigate to your Dashboard.
- Select the articles or categories where you want to perform the search.
- Enter the word or phrase you want to find, and the replacement text.
- With a single click, all instances will be replaced across the selected content.
From the Article Editor
You can also use Find & Replace directly in the New Editor to update a specific article:
- Open the article in the New Editor.
- Use the Find & Replace tool to search for words or text in the article.
You have the following options:
- Replace: This replaces only the selected instance of the word or text.
- Replace All: Replaces all instances of the word or text throughout the article.
- Match Case: Replaces only words that match the exact capitalization you’ve entered.
- Whole Words: Replaces only entire words, ensuring that partial matches (e.g., "cat" in "catalog") are not affected.
⚠️This feature will not work to replace email addresses or links