Thank you all for the suggestions and research.
Shravani - I do see the behavior you describe and afterward, the text makes
better sense.
As an "end user" I think this behavior is very confusing.  I would expect
the Find/Replace to work as described in Find and Replace Paragraph
Styles.  I will have to let this sink in and see if I can find a better way
to describe it for those first using it.  The expectation of choices
popping up in the Find and the Replace boxes really threw me off and I
think it may throw others off who are first using the software.  I welcome
any suggestions or opinions.
Thanks again!
Toni


On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 3:10 PM S Shravz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Toni,
>
> I just looked into the steps you have drafted in your first email, when
> looked into online help I found related content in the below link which
> might answer your query:
>
> https://help.libreoffice.org/6.4/en-US/text/shared/guide/find_attributes.html?&DbPAR=WRITER&System=WIN
>
> The link says "For example, if you search for the Font attribute, all
> instances of text that do not use the default font are found". So I guess
> the "Font" function works only to search for the font which doesn't default
> in the document. Same with the font color option as well when font color is
> changed in the document and the "Find next" option is clicked with the
> "Font color" attribute selected, it works. I tried both the options and it
> worked for me as per whats mentioned in the link.
>
> Hope my explanation makes sense.
>
> Kind regards
> Shravani
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 12:45 PM Toni B <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Is anyone able to get the attributes search to work?
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 11:49 AM Ilmari Lauhakangas <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Maybe you are seeing
>> > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106076
>> >
>> > Ilmari
>> >
>> > Toni B kirjoitti 21.4.2020 klo 18.42:
>> > > Hello Team!
>> > >
>> > > I could use some guidance.  I am double checking some things in
>> updating
>> > > the Writer Chapter 3 Guide.  I can not get the *Find & Replace >
>> > Attributes*
>> > > option to work at all.  Should we report this as a bug?  Do we delete
>> > this
>> > > section from the manual?  *Format* works fine.  It is just the
>> > *Attributes*
>> > > search that doesn't work.
>> > >
>> > > Please see the steps in my previous email below.  Since the
>> instructions
>> > > say the search looks for changes from the default, I changed some of
>> the
>> > > font colors but still no options show up in the *Find*: box.
>> > >
>> > > [image: image.png]
>> > >
>> > > Thank you!
>> > >
>> > > Toni
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 12:08 PM Mark Morin <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Font, font color and a lot of others can be found by selecting what
>> you
>> > >> want replaced clicking on the FORMAT button and then selecting the
>> > >> formatting of the selected text that you are looking for. In the
>> replace
>> > >> field, enter the text you want to use as the replacement, click
>> FORMAT
>> > >> and select the formatting you want for that text.
>> > >>
>> > >> For some reason ATTRIBUTES is only available for the field that you
>> want
>> > >> replaced--making it rather useless.
>> > >>
>> > >> On 4/13/2020 8:45 AM, Toni B wrote:
>> > >>> Hello Team,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I am reviewing *Writer Chapter 3 Working with Text Advanced*..
>> Under
>> > >> *Advanced
>> > >>> find and replace techniques -->  **Find and replace text attributes
>> and
>> > >>> formatting, *I am unable to search for attributes such as *Font *or
>> > *Font
>> > >>> color*.  Nothing appears in the *Find *box to select.
>> > >>> For example, following these steps below, no options appear under
>> the
>> > >> *Find*
>> > >>> box to choose from:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>     1.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>     On the *Find & Replace* dialog (with *Other Options* displayed),
>> > click
>> > >>>     the *Attributes* button.
>> > >>>     2.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>     Select the attribute you wish to search for from the list in the
>> > >>>     Attributes dialog and click *OK*. The names of the selected
>> > attributes
>> > >>>     appear under the *Find:* box. For example, to search for text
>> that
>> > has
>> > >>>     been changed from the default font color, select the *Font
>> Color*
>> > >>>     attribute.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I am using LibreOffice Writer version 6.4.2.2 on a Windows 10 PC,
>> Is
>> > >>> anyone else able to get this working?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Thank you!
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Kind regards,
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Toni
>> > >>>
>> > >>
>> > >>
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