Find, Replace and Mark Text dialog box
Access this from the Edit menu. This dialog box has up to three tabs: Find, Replace and Mark Text.
Find panel
To display the dialog box with the Find panel open, select Find… from the Edit menu.
Find what: Enter the word or set of characters you want to search.
Find Next: Click this to find the next occurrence of the specified words or phrases.
Options
Search: Use this to define the search direction. Searching Up or Down begins from the cursor position with an offer to continue when the beginning or end of the document is reached. All searches the document from first to last page.
Match case: Select this to have the capitalization of letters in the Find what edit box applied during searching. When Match case is not selected, searching ‘nuance’ will find ‘Nuance’.
Find whole words only: Select this to find the specified set of characters only when it forms a separate word, that is, it is located between two spaces. For example, searching ‘for’ will not stop on ‘information’.
Replace panel
To display the dialog box with the Replace panel open, select Find and Replace… from the Edit menu.
Find what: Enter the word or set of characters you want to search.
Replace with: Enter the word or set of characters that should replace those defined in Find what. Then click Replace or Replace All.
Replace: Click this to have this occurrence of the found text replaced by the text entered in Replace with, and to jump to the next occurrence.
Replace All: Click this to have all occurrences of the found text replaced throughout the document by the text in Replace with. The replacing respects the case matching, whole word and search direction settings.
Find Next: Click this to find the next occurrence of the specified words or phrases.
Options
The same options are available as for Find.
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The following panel appears only in OmniPage Professional. |
Mark Text panel
To display the dialog box with the Mark Text panel open, select Find and Mark Text… from the Edit menu.
Find what: Enter the word or phrase you want to search.
Redact: Click this to black out a selected word or phrase and find the next occurrence. Click Find Next if you do not want to redact the currently selected occurrence.
Mark for Redacting: Click this to prepare a selected word or phrase for redacting by marking it with gray, and find the next occurrence. Click Find Next if you do not want to mark for redacting the currently selected occurrence.
Highlight: Click this to highlight with yellow a selected word or phrase and find the next occurrence. Click Find Next if you do not want to highlight the currently selected occurrence.
Strikeout: Click this to draw a line through the middle of a selected word or phrase and find the next occurrence. Click Find Next if you do not want to strikeout the currently selected occurrence.
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Text redaction and any text marking can be undone on the current page by selecting Undo from the Edit menu. After the last occurrence on the current page, the program moves to the next recognized page and finds more occurrences. If you already moved from the current page, text marking or redaction cannot be undone.
Find Next: Click this to find the next occurrence of the specified words or phrases.
Close and Redact Document: Click this to close the dialog box and perform redaction for words or phrases marked for redacting with gray. Whenever you click this button a message box appears to let you decide to perform the redacting on a copy of the current document or on the original document. It is recommended to do the redaction on a copy. In this case, both the original and the copy remain open in OmniPage ready to be saved.
Options
Search: Use this to define the search direction. Searching Up or Down begins from the cursor position with an offer to continue when the beginning or end of the document is reached. All searches the document from first to last page.
Match case: Select this to have the capitalization of letters in the Find what edit box applied during searching. When Match case is not selected, searching ‘nuance’ will find ‘Nuance’.
Find whole words only: Select this to find the specified set of characters only when it forms a separate word, that is, it is located between two spaces. For example, searching ‘for’ will not stop on ‘information’.
Bookmark page: Select this to bookmark pages that contain the words or phrases typed in the Find what box. This option is useful for example if you want to save only the bookmarked pages that contain the words or phrases found and marked in your document.