Writer Guide

Find and replace specific formatting
A very powerful use of Find & Replace takes advantage of the format
option. For example, you might want to replace underlined words with
italics.
On the Find & Replace dialog box (with More Options displayed, as in
Figure 56):
1) To search for text with specific formatting, enter the text in the
Search for box. To search for specific formatting only, delete any
text in the Search for box.
2) Click Format to display the Text Format (Search) dialog box. The
tabs on this dialog box are similar to those on the Paragraph
format and Paragraph Style dialog boxes. Choose the formats you
want to search for and then click OK. The names of selected
formats appear under the Search for box. For example, you might
search for all text in 14-point bold Helvetica.
3) To replace text, enter the replacement text in the Replace with
box.
To search for specific text with specific formatting (for example,
the word hello in bold), specify the formatting, put the text in the
Search for box and leave the Replace with box blank.
To remove specific character formatting, click Format, select the
Font tab, then select the opposite format (for example, No Bold).
The No Format button on the Find & Replace dialog box clears
all previously selected formats.
4) Click Find, Find All, Replace, or Replace All.
Tip
Unless you plan to search for other text using those same
attributes, click No Format to remove the attributes after
completing your search. If you forget to do this, you may
wonder why your next search fails to find words you know are
in the document.
Find and replace paragraph styles
If you combine material from several sources, you may discover that
lots of unwanted paragraph styles have suddenly shown up in your
document. To quickly change all the paragraphs of one (unwanted)
style to another (preferred) style:
1) On the expanded Find & Replace dialog box (Figure 56), select
Search for Styles. (If you have attributes specified, this option is
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