Global Find & Replace

[lynntaylor0]

The ability to not only find a word, but also to replace all instances of it throughout. If I could select between replacing just within a scene, or a chapter, or a part, or the whole manuscript, that would be a bonus.

This is possibly the top of my wish list right now. As a fiction author, sometimes a character name changes. I know of at least a couple other authors who are writing memoirs and using actual names in the initial drafts, but will need to change the names to protect identities before they are done.

If I could simply tell Shaxpir to replace all instances of “Larry” with “Curly,” it would save a lot of time and tedium.

[Capstrax]

I second this. The current search is really more of just a highlight. In its own right it’s a great feature, because if I get the impression I’m overusing a word over the course of a few paragraphs I can easily turn it on and look for the highlighted text. But as a true search it’s somewhat lacking.

Personally I’d like to see a search function that checks the whole document and returns a list of all matches (the way it works in Word, for instance). Even better would be a Find and Replace function to address - as Lynn mentioned - things like character name changes.

To be clear, I think the highlight function should remain, as it’s very useful, but to supplement it with a search and a find/replace would be fantastic.

[lynntaylor0]

That’s a great point!

I wholeheartedly agree that the current highlight function is also very useful as-is and should remain. And that the addition of a “Find/Replace” feature much like it appears in Word would be an incredibly useful addition.

[whisper_writes]

This would be so useful for me.