Writer Guide

Note
In some machines the Control+Alt+arrow key combination is
reserved for screen flipping. You have to deactivate or assign
different key combination for screen flipping (usually through
display / graphics adapter settings in your computer) before
using this feature.
Finding and replacing text
When looking for certain words in a 3000-word essay, it is inefficient to
go through every word manually. Writer has a Find and Replace
feature that automates the process of searching for text inside a
document.
In addition to finding and replacing words and phrases, you can:
• Use wildcards and regular expressions to fine-tune a search.
• Find and replace specific formatting.
• Find and replace paragraph styles.
To display the Find & Replace dialog box (Error: Reference source not
found), use the keyboard shortcut Control+F or select Edit > Find &
Replace.
Figure 56: Expanded Find & Replace dialog box
1) Type the text you want to find in the Search for box.
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