Find & Replace

Finds or replaces text or formats in the current document.

To access this command...

Choose Edit - Find & Replace.

Ctrl+H

On the Standard bar, click

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Find & Replace


Find

Enter the text that you want to find, or select a previous search from the list.

Search options are listed under the Find box and in the Other options area of the dialog.

Match case

Distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase characters.

Entire Cells

Searches for whole words or cells that are identical to the search text.

All sheets

Searches through all of the sheets in the current spreadsheet file.

Replace

Enter the replacement text, or select a recent replacement text or style from the list.

Replacement options are listed under the Find box and in the Other options area of the dialog.

Find All

Finds and selects all instances of the text or the format that you are searching for in the document (only in Writer and Calc documents).

Find Previous

Finds and selects the previous occurrence of the text or format that you are searching for in the document.

Find Next

Finds and selects the next occurrence of the text or format that you are searching for in the document.

Replace

Replaces the selected text or format that you searched for, and then searches for the next occurrence.

Replace All

Replaces all of the occurrences of the text or format that you want to replace.

Other options

Shows more or fewer search options. Click this label again to hide the extended search options.

Current selection only

Searches only the selected text or cells.

Replace backwards

Search starts at the current cursor position and goes backwards to the beginning of the file.

Regular expressions

Allows you to use regular expressions in your search.

Similarity Search

Find terms that are similar to the Find text. Select this checkbox, and then click the Similarities button to define the similarity options.

Match character width (only if Asian languages are enabled)

Distinguishes between half-width and full-width character forms.

Sounds like (Japanese) (only if Asian languages are enabled)

Lets you specify the search options for similar notation used in Japanese text. Select this checkbox, and then click the Sounds button to specify the search options.

Searching in Japanese

Direction

Determines the order for searching the cells.

Rows

Searches from left to right across the rows.

Columns

Searches from top to bottom through the columns.

Search in

Formulas

Searches for the characters that you specify in formulas and in fixed (not calculated) values. For example, you could look for formulas that contain 'SUM'.

Values

Searches for the characters that you specify in values and in the results of formulas.

Notes

Searches for the characters that you specify in the comments that are attached to the cells.

Close

Closes the dialog and saves all changes.

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After you close the Find & Replace dialog, you can still search using the last search criteria that you entered, by pressing Shift+Ctrl+F.