Find and replace in translated text

By default, the dialog assumes you want to search in the translation text. The Translated Text Only option is selected as shown above.

You can type your search text into the Translation: text box. The search text does not have to be an entire word but also can be any part of a word. Adapt It highlights the entire word in yellow, even though the matched text is a fragment of the word.

The default mode of search is case-sensitive meaning that that Adapt It treats "A" as a different character than "a". You can have Adapt It ignore the differences by checking the Ignore Case check box.

Adapt It assumes you want to search the lines without punctuation. If you wish to search the line with punctuation, check the Search in lines which retain punctuation check box. Adapt It then searches the line with punctuation. This feature is useful if you need to find a particular punctuation mark.

At times you may want to find a particular combination of words phrase, but you have not made them into a phrase. In this case, you need to have Adapt It, search for the words using multiple piles, not just one. To do this, check the Allow the search to occur in text spanning multiple piles check box. This feature may be useful if you do want to convert the word combination into a phrase.

When you have determined what you are searching for you can enter the replacement text into the Replacement Text: text box. Then you can click one of the command buttons on the right hand side:

• Find Next

  This option searches the document to find the text in the Translation: text box and positions the active location at the pile containing the match. Nothing is replaced.

• Replace

  This option replaces the matched text with the text in the Replacement Text: text box. You may have to use the Find Next option to position the active location at the matched text.

  If your match finds part of a word, Adapt It replaces only the word fragment with the replacement text, the remainder of the word remains as before.

• Replace All

  This option searches through the entire document starting at the active location replacing every occurrence of the text in the Translation: text box with the replacement text. The starting active location does not have to be at a match.

  Use this option carefully; you can easily make changes that you do not want.

• Cancel

  This option closes the dialog without making doing any additional changes. It does not undo any changes that you have already made.

 Note

• Adapt It cannot replace source text. See Edit source text to make changes if they are necessary.

Related Topics

Find and Replace dialog

Find and replace in source and translated text