Finds or replaces text or formats in the current document.Find ToolbarType the text to search in the current document. Press Enter to search the text.Click to search the next occurrence in downward direction.Click to search the next occurrence in upward direction.
Find
Enter the text that you want to find, or select a previous search from the list.Search options are listed under the Find box and in the Other options area of the dialog.
Match case
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Formatted display
Includes number formatting characters in the search.
Entire CellsWhole words only
Searches for whole words or cells that are identical to the search text.searching; all sheetsfinding; in all sheetssheets; searching all
All sheets
Searches through all of the sheets in the current spreadsheet file.Searches through all of the sheets in the current spreadsheet file.
Replace
Enter the replacement text, or select a recent replacement text or style from the list.Replacement options are listed under the Find box and in the Other options area of the dialog.
Find All
Finds and selects all instances of the text or the format that you are searching for in the document (only in Writer and Calc documents).copied text as hidden help, see issue 115137Finds and selects all instances of the text or the format that you are searching for in the document (only in Writer and Calc documents).
Find Previous
Finds and selects the previous occurrence of the text or format that you are searching for in the document.
Find Next
Finds and selects the next occurrence of the text or format that you are searching for in the document.
Replace
Replaces the selected text or format that you searched for, and then searches for the next occurrence.
Replace All
Replaces all of the occurrences of the text or format that you want to replace. Repeat this command until all replacements on your slide have been made.
Other options
Shows more or fewer search options. Click this label again to hide the extended search options.finding; selections
Current selection only
Searches only the selected text or cells.
Replace backwards
Search starts at the current cursor position and goes backwards to the beginning of the file.
Comments
In Writer, you can select to include the comment texts in your searches.
Regular expressions
Allows you to use regular expressions in your search.i72448
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Paragraph Styles / Including StylesCell Styles
Searches for text formatted with the style that you specify. Select this checkbox, and then select a style from the Find list. To specify a replacement style, select a style from the Replace list.
Match character width (only if Asian languages are enabled)
Distinguishes between half-width and full-width character forms.
Sounds like (Japanese) (only if Asian languages are enabled)
Lets you specify the search options for similar notation used in Japanese text. Select this checkbox, and then click the Sounds button to specify the search options.Sets the search options for similar notation used in Japanese text.
Searching in Japanese
Diacritic-sensitive
Searches exact match, does not include Unicode combining marks in search. For example, searching for كتب will not match كَتَبَ or كُتُب or كتِب and so on.
Kashida-sensitive
Searches exact match, does not include Arabic Tatweel mark U+0640 (also known as Kashida) in search. For example, searching for كتاب will not match كـتاب or كتــــاب and so on.
Attributes
Format
Finds specific text formatting features, such as font types, font effects, and text flow characteristics.After you select format and attributes that you want to search for, the Paragraph Styles checkbox in the Other options area changes to Including Styles. Select this checkbox if you want to include search for formatting and attributes set by styles.
No Format
Click in the Find or the Replace box, and then click this button to remove the search criteria based on formats.Click in the Find or the Replace box, and then click this button to remove the search criteria based on formats.The search and replace criteria selected for Format and Attributes are displayed under the Find and Replace boxes.
Direction
Determines the order for searching the cells.
Rows
Searches from left to right across the rows.Searches from left to right across the rows.
Columns
Searches from top to bottom through the columns.Searches from top to bottom through the columns.
Search in
Formulas
Searches for the characters that you specify in formulas and in fixed (not calculated) values. For example, you could look for formulas that contain 'SUM'.Searches for the characters that you specify in formulas and in fixed (not calculated) values. For example, you could look for formulas that contain 'SUM'.
Values
Searches for the characters that you specify in values and in the results of formulas.Searches for the characters that you specify in values and in the results of formulas.
Comments
Searches for the characters that you specify in the comments that are attached to the cells.Searches for the characters that you specify in the comments that are attached to the cells.After you close the Find & Replace dialog, you can still search using the last search criteria that you entered, by pressing Shift+CommandCtrl+F.