Adobe Illustrator CS5 : Proofing and Printing Documents - Finding and Replacing Text and Elements

In the editing process, it is sometimes helpful to find and replace a particular word or phrase because the text needs to be changed, either in one spot or globally throughout the document. The Find and Replace command makes it easy to locate and replace specific text in a document. In addition to text, you can also find and replace other elements, such as a bullet character, tab character, Em Space, and quotation marks.

Use Find and Replace

Click the Edit menu, and then click Find and Replace.

Enter the text to locate in the Find box.

Select from the following Find and Replace options:

• Match Case. Select to search for the word in the same case as typed in the Find box.
  
  
• Find Whole Word. Select to search for whole words as typed in the Find box.
  
  
• Check Hidden Layers. Select to search hidden layers.
  
  
• Check Locked Layers. Select to search locked layers.
  
  
• Search Backwards. Select to search in the reverse direction.
  
  

Enter the replacement text in the Replace With box.

Click Find Next to locate the next occurrence of the word:

• Click Replace to change the word.
  
  
• Click Replace & Find to automatically change the word and locate the next occurrence.
  
  
• Click Replace All to change all occurrences of the word.
  
  

When you’re finished, click Done.

Use Find and Replace Elements

Click the Edit menu, and then click Find and Replace.

Click the Arrow button next to the Find box, and then select the element type that you want to find.

The special characters are added to the Find box. You can also add text.

Select from the following Find and Replace options:

• Match Case. Select to search for the word in the same case as typed in the Find box.
  
  
• Find Whole Word. Select to search for whole words as typed in the Find box.
  
  
• Check Hidden Layers. Select to search hidden layers.
  
  
• Check Locked Layers. Select to search locked layers.
  
  
• Search Backwards. Select to search in the reverse direction.
  
  

Click the Arrow button next to the Replace With box, and then select the element type that you want to use for replacement.

The special characters are added to the Replace With box. You can also add text.

Click Find Next to locate the next occurrence of the word:

• Click Replace to change the word.
  
  
• Click Replace & Find to automatically change the word and locate the next occurrence.
  
  
• Click Replace All to change all occurrences of the word.
  
  

When you’re finished, click Done.