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Finding and replacing text

Search for words, strings, or expressions in source or target segments and replace existing occurrences with up-to-date text.

Procedure

  1. Open the appropriate file in Trados Online Editor.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • On the Home tab, in the Navigation group, select Find.
    • Select Show Find and Replace Panel The icon corresponding to the Show Find and Replace Panel button..
    The Navigation panel is displayed and the Find tab is selected by default.
  3. In the Search box, enter the text you want to search for and select the appropriate search options.
    The available options are:
    • In source – Search in the source segments of the file.
    • In target – Search in the target segments of the file.
    • Text in tags – Search for text within tags in the source segments, in the target segments, or in both. For this option to work, select either one or both of the In source and In target options.
    • Match case – Search for text that has the exact letter case as the text you entered in the Search box.
    • Whole word – Search for an entire word.
    • Regular expression – Search for regular expressions.
    The search results are displayed automatically.
  4. To replace the text you entered with a different text, select the Replace tab.
  5. In the Replace with box, enter the text that will replace the existing text, and then do one of the following:
    • If you want to replace the text in one occurrence at a time, select the occurrence where you want to replace the text, and then select Replace.
    • If you want to replace the text in all occurrences at the same time, select Replace All.