Searching documents

SimplyHTML supports find+replace which can be accessed using the find & replace button next to the help icon, or the Edit->Find & Replace menu item.

Searching

In order to search incrementally for a search term, enter that term in the Text to find text box and hit the Find next... button (or press enter) each time to get the next search result. Have a look at the Search/Replace options below.

Replacing

In order to replace occurrences of a search term by a replacement string, enter the search term in the Text to find text box and the replacement string in the "Replace with text box, and hit the Replace... button. You will be prompted whether you want to replace for each occurrence. Have a look at the Search/Replace options below. In particular, when using approximate search, check every occurrence that is to be replaced carefully!

Search/Replace options

Match case
  Whether to honor case when matching.
Match approximately
  Whether to use approximate ("similarity") matching, i.e. allow differences between the search term and the match(es) in the text. For example, searching for files will find flies or setup=set up.
Whole words only
  Restrict matches to whole words. Not supported for approximate matching.
Search up/down
  Enter the direction for (incremental) search or replace.
Search from start
  Whether to search from the beginning of the document or from the current cursor position.