Replace text in all open documents

Click Find > Replace Text in All Open Documents... to replace a specific text in all documents that are open in the XML Editor.

All occurences of the text are replaced. Undo will undo the replacement in the active document, so to undo all replacements, click Undo in all open documents.

Find what -- Enter a search string or click the down arrow next to the input box to select from a list of previously entered search strings. Click the [¶] button to insert newlines (\n) and tabs (\t) into the search string. You can also specify Unicode characters in the \x{HHHH} format.


•	Use \n to search for newlines.
•	Use \t to search for tabs.
•	Use \\n to search for \n.
•	Use \\t to search for \t.
•	Use \x{HHHH} to search for Unicode character U+HHHH.

For instance:


•	Hello\nBIG\nworld matches Hello BIG and world on three separate lines.
•	Hello\\nBIG\\nworld matches Hello\nBIG\nworld on a single line.
•	Use \x{8336} to search for 茶, Unicode Han Character for 'tea' (U+8336).

Replace with -- Enter a replacement string or click the down arrow next to the input box to select from a list of previously entered replacement strings. To replace the text with nothing, leave this input box blank. Click the [¶] button to insert newlines (\n) and tabs (\t) into the replacement string. You can also specify Unicode characters in the \x{HHHH} format.


•	Use \n to replace with newlines.
•	Use \t to replace with tabs.
•	Use \\n to replace with \n.
•	Use \\t to replace with \t.
•	Use \x{HHHH} to search for Unicode character U+HHHH.

For instance:


•	Hello\nBIG\nworld will insert Hello BIG and world on three separate lines.
•	Hello\\nBIG\\nworld will insert Hello\nBIG\nworld on a single line.
•	Use \x{8336} to search for 茶, Unicode Han Character for 'tea' (U+8336).

Match case -- Differentiates uppercase from lowercase when performing a search.

Match whole word -- If checked only isolated words will be replaced.

Regular expressions -- If checked the search will be executed using regular expressions.

Replace text in all open documents

See Also

Welcome!

Introducing XMLBlueprint

Working with files

Working with text

Creating and Editing XML

Validating XML

Working with XSLT

Working with XPath

Working with XProc

Working with JSON

Working with HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Working with XML Catalogs

Converting CSV files and Excel files

Generating Sample XML

Generating DTDs and Schemas

Customizing XMLBlueprint

Automating XMLBlueprint

Regular Expressions

Non-English Support

Appendix