Operation Manual

window (just above the Status Bar) in Figure 71, but you can float it or dock it in another location.
For more information on floating and docking toolbars, see Chapter 1, Introducing LibreOffice.
Figure 71: Docked position of Find toolbar
To use the Find toolbar, click in the box and type your search text, then press Enter to find the next
occurrence of that term from the current cursor position. Click the Find Next or Find Previous
buttons as needed.
Click the Find All button to select all instances of the search term within the document. Select
Match Case to find only the instances that exactly match the search term. Select the button to the
right of Match Case to open the Find & Replace dialog.
The Find toolbar can be closed by clicking the red X button on the left, or by pressing Esc on the
keyboard when the text cursor is in the search box.
Using the Find & Replace dialog
To display the Find & Replace dialog, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+H or choose Edit > Find &
Replace from the Menu bar. If the Find toolbar is open, click the Find and Replace button ( ) on
the toolbar. Once opened, optionally click the Other Options symbol to expand the dialog. Click
the button again to reduce the dialog options.
To use the Find & Replace dialog:
1) Type the text you want to find in the Search for box.
2) To replace the text with different text, type the new text in the Replace with box.
3) You can select various options such as matching the case, matching whole words only, or
doing a search for similar words.
4) When you have set up your search, click Find. To replace the found text, click Replace.
For more information on using Find & Replace, see the Writer Guide.
Tip
If you click Find All, LibreOffice selects all instances of the search text in the
document. Similarly, if you click Replace All, LibreOffice replaces all matches.
Caution
Use Replace All with caution; otherwise, you may end up with some hilarious (and
highly embarrassing) mistakes. A mistake with Replace All might require a manual,
word-by-word, search to fix.
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