Find and replace text

Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003

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  1. In Page view, do one of the following:
    • To find text within a Web page, at the bottom of the document window, click Design Button image.
    • To find text in the HTML code, at the bottom of the document window, click Code Button image.
  2. Place the insertion point at the top of the page.
  3. On the Edit menu, click Find.
  4. On the Find tab, in the Find what box, type the text you want to search for.

    To use regular expressions within your search, type them directly into the Find what box. To select regular expressions from a list, click the arrow next to the Find what box.

  5. If you are searching in the current page, under Direction, select the direction in which to search.
  6. Under Advanced, do one or more of the following:
    • To find text only if it matches the case of the text you typed, select the Match case check box.
    • To find text only if it matches a whole word, select the Find whole word only check box.
    • To ignore the spaces and tabs between words and treat them each as a single white space, click Ignore whitespace differences.

      This feature is unavailable if the Regular expressions check box is selected.

    • To find text in the HTML code, select the Find in source code check box.

      For example, you can search for text that is not visible or editable in the page, such as the page title you set in page properties.

      This feature is unavailable if you are searching in the current page.

    • Click Find Next.

ShowFind text in a Web site

  1. On the View menu, click Folders.
  2. If you do not want to search all pages in the Web site, select the pages you want to search.

    ShowHow?

    To select multiple, non-sequential pages, click the name of the first page you want to select, and then hold down CTRL while clicking the names of all the other pages you want to select.

  3. On the Edit menu, click Find.
  4. On the Find tab, in the Find what box, type the text you want to search for.

    To use regular expressions within your search, type them directly into the Find what box. To select regular expressions from a list, click the arrow next to the Find what box.

  5. Under Advanced, do one or more of the following:
    • To find text only if it matches the capitalization of the text you typed, select the Match case check box.
    • To find text only if it matches a whole word, select the Find whole word only check box.
    • To ignore the spaces and tabs between words and treat them each as a single white space, click Ignore whitespace differences.

      This feature is unavailable if you have selected the Regular expressions check box.

    • To find text in the HTML code, select the Find in source code check box.

      For example, you can search for text that is not visible or editable in the page, such as the page title you set in page properties.

  6. Click Find in Site.
  7. When Microsoft FrontPage lists the pages that contain the text you searched for, double-click a page in the list.

    The first instance of the text is highlighted.

  8. Click Find Next to find the next occurrence.
  9. Click Back to list to return to the list of pages.

ShowFind and replace text in a Web page

  1. In Page view, do one of the following:
    • To find text in your Web page, at the bottom of the document window, click Design Button image.
    • To find text in in your HTML code, at the bottom of the document window, click Code Button image.
  2. Place the insertion point at the top of the page.
  3. On the Edit menu, click Replace.
  4. On the Replace tab, in the Find what box, type the text you want to search for.

    To use regular expressions within your search, type them directly into the Find what box. To select regular expressions from a list, click the arrow next to the Find what box.

  5. In the Replace with box, type the replacement text.
  6. If you are searching in the current page, under Direction, select the direction that you want to search.
  7. Under Advanced, do one or more of the following:
    • To find text only if it matches the capitalization of the text you typed, select the Match case check box.
    • To find text only if it matches a whole word, select the Find whole word only check box.
    • To ignore the spaces and tabs between words and treat them each as a single white space, click Ignore whitespace differences.

      This feature is unavailable if the Regular expressions check box is selected.

    • To find text in the HTML code, select the Find in source code check box.

      For example, you can search for text that is not visible or editable in the page, such as the page title you set in page properties.

  8. Do one of the following:
    • To replace each occurence manually, click Find Next, and then click Replace.
    • To replace all occurrences of the text in the page at one time, click Replace All.

ShowFind and replace text in a Web site

  1. On the View menu, click Folders.
  2. If you do not want to search every page in the Web site, select the pages you want to search.

    ShowHow?

    • To select multiple, non-sequential pages, click the name of the first page you want to select, and then hold down CTRL while clicking the file names of the other pages you want.

  3. On the Edit menu, click Replace.
  4. On the Replace tab, in the Find what box, type the text you want to search for.

    To use regular expressions within your search, type them directly into the Find what box. To select regular expressions from a list, click the arrow next to the Find what box.

  5. In the Replace with box, type the replacement text.

  6. Under Advanced, do one or more of the following:

    • To find text only if it matches the capitalization of the text you typed, select the Match case check box.
    • To find text only if it matches a whole word, select the Find whole word only check box.
    • To ignore the spaces and tabs between words and treat them each as a single white space, click Ignore whitespace differences.

      This feature is unavailable if the Regular expressions check box is selected.

    • To find text in the HTML code, select the Find in source code check box.

      For example, you can search for text that is not visible or editable in the page, such as the page title you set in page properties.

      This feature is unavailable if you are searching in the current page.

  7. Click Find in Site.
  8. When Microsoft FrontPage lists the pages that contain the text you searched for, double-click a page in the list.

    The first instance of the text is highlighted.

  9. Do one of the following:
    • To replace each occurence manually, click Find Next, and then click Replace.
    • To replace all occurrences of the text in the page at one time, click Replace All.
  10. Click Back to list to return to the list of pages.

ShowTip

You can create new, or open previously created queries, using the Query options found on all the tabs in the Find and Replace dialog box.
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