You can search for every occurrence of a specific word or phrase on a form.

1. On the Edit menu, click Find.
2. In the Find what box in the Find task pane, type the text that you want to search the form for.
3. Select any other options that you want.

   Note  Selecting to search up or down will search the form from either end to beginning or beginning to end, respectively.

4. Click Find Next.

   To cancel a search in progress, press ESC.

You can automatically replace text on a form— for example, you can replace "Acme" with "Apex."

1. On the Edit menu, click Replace.
2. In the Find what box in the Replace task pane, type the text that you want to search the form for.
3. In the Replace with box, type the replacement text.
4. Select any other options that you want.
5. Click Find Next, Replace, or Replace All.

   To cancel a search in progress, press ESC.

You can use the asterisk (*) and question mark (?) wildcard characters to help you find and replace text. For example, you can use the asterisk (*) wildcard to search for a string of characters ("s*d" finds "sad" and "started") and the question mark (?) to find any single character ("s?t" finds "sat" and "set").

1. On the Edit menu, click Find or Replace.
2. In the Find or Replace task pane, select the Use wildcards check box.
3. In the Find what box, type the text you want to search for, including the wildcard character.
4. If you want to replace the item, type a replacement in the Replace with box.
5. Click Find Next, Replace, or Replace All.

   To cancel a search in progress, press ESC.

If you want to find a specific word, such as "form," and you want to ignore the word when it occurs as part of another word, such as "format," you can use the Find whole words only option.

1. On the Edit menu, click Find or Replace.
2. In the Find what box in the Find or Replace task pane, type the text that you want to search for.
3. Select the Find whole words only check box.
4. If you want to replace the item, type what you want to use as a replacement in the Replace with box.
5. Click Find Next, Replace, or Replace All.

   To cancel a search in progress, press ESC.

You can increase your chances of finding only the specific word you want by using the Match case option. The Match case option looks only for text that has the exact capitalization that you specify in the Find what box. For example, if you type “AJ” in the Find what box and Match case is selected as a search option, InfoPath will find only instances of “AJ” and will not return any occurrences of “aj.”

1. On the Edit menu, click Find or Replace.
2. In the Find what box in the Find or Replace task pane, type the text that you want to search the form for.
3. Select the Match case check box.
4. If you want to replace the item, type what you want to use as a replacement in the Replace with box.
5. Click Find Next, Replace, or Replace All.

   To cancel a search in progress, press ESC.