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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as DocuDoc at hotmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130604/f65bf8fa/attachment.html>
