You've already got everything you need in the standard Find/Change. Here are 
the steps:
1) Define a new variable.
2) Manually insert it once into the document
3) Select the instance of the variable you just inserted, and then copy it
4) In the Find/Change dialog set up the find criteria, and in the Change box 
choose "By pasting"
5) Run the Find/Change

-Fred Ridder 

> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:15:02 -0400
> From: judy at hypack.com
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Search and replace with variables
> 
> I'm wondering if there's a tool out there that will do a search and 
> replace where the replacement is a variable rather than alternate text.  
> I have a 1500 page manual where no variables were used. I'd like to 
> implement them, but it's painful to think about doing it by manually.
> 
> Any ideas would be most welcome.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Judy Bragg
> Technical Writer
> HYPACK, Inc.
> 860-635-1500
> 
> 
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