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With FIND, you can use wild-card characters in your search.
DefinitionCharacter
Matches any numeric digit# (Pound)
Matches any alphabetic character@ (At)
Matches any nonalphanumeric character. (Period)
Matches any string and can be used anywhere in the search
string
* (Asterisk)
Matches any single character; for example, ?BC matches ABC,
3BC, and so on
? (Question mark)
Matches anything but the pattern; for example; ~*AB*matches
all strings that don't contain AB
~ (Tilde)
Matches any one of the characters enclosed; for example,
[AB]C matches AC and BC
[ ]
Matches any character not enclosed; for example, [~AB]C
matches XC but not AC
[~]
Specifies a range for a single character; for example, [A-G]C
matches AC, BC, and so on to GC, but not HC
[-]
Reads the next character literally; for example, `~AB matches
~AB
` (Reverse quote)
To search for drawing files that contain a specific word or phrase, use the
Search tool in Microsoft
®
Windows
®
. You can use the Search tool to find all
textual data except text in tables and fields, and xrefs within drawing files.
To find specified text in a drawing
1 Click Annotate tab ➤ Text panel ➤ Find Text.
2 In Find What, enter the text you want to find.
3 In Find Where, specify the parts of the drawing to search, or click the
Select Objects button to select one or more text objects.
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