find and replace

[Thies Wels]

Hi!

Is there a way to use latex commands in the find-replace funktion of
lyx? E.g.: guess you have 10000times the word "dog" but finally you want
"\emph{dog}"... ;-). Such a funktion would be handy!!!
I could export the document to latex and use find replace with an
editor. But after importing the file again to lyx the latex compilation
always complains about several mistakes 

Another question: Is there a shortcut (in the german GUI)to exit the
note menu?

I am using lyx 1.1.6fix1

Thies