Through menu Edit the Find menu can be opened. The same can be done through the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F.
A list of hits will show in the references window.
Menu / Edit / Find (Ctrl+F) searches exacty (except case sensitive) for the sequence of characters entered into the Search for box, punctuation marks and spaces included. Case sensitive can be switched on or off. Searching can be limited to the current book.
Example: Searching for "ue. t" (without the quotation marks) shows all the references with the words: true. The.
Note that for the text to actually display, you have to hit one of the search results.
Menu / Edit / Find (Ctrl+F, Ctrl+F) allows more complex searches than the Basic Find:
* Search box to enter text.
* Case sensitive: on or off.
* Search in curent book only: this limits searching to the current book.
* Interprete * and ? as wildcards: on or off.
* Match start of word: on or off.
* Match end of word: on or off.
* Select books: some books (all), for details see Select books.
* Which area of the text to search in.
* What to do with the search results. This gives the choice how the results will show up in the references window, see Loading results below.
There are two wildcards. The ? and the *. The ? means "any single character". If one were to search for "p?t", and ticks the option for wildcards, then the search will hit results like "pit" and "put". The * works similar, but means "zero or more characters".
Searches can be done in certain areas of the text. When searching in the raw USFM text, then one searches in the text as it is stored, e.g. one can search for markers too, like \add. When searching in all the text except the USFM codes, one searches in the text as it will appear on the paper when printed. This means that searching for markers is not possible, as these will be hidden on the paper. When searching in certain categories, one can limit searches to, let's say, only the introductions, or only the verse text, or only headings and identifiers, and so forth.
Once an advanced or BibleTime search has been done, one can decide how they interact with what is already in the references window.
* The search results can simply be loaded in the references window, and so replace anything that is already there.
* Or the search results can be added to the references already there.
* Or they can be removed from the references already loaded.
* Sharing the search results with what is already in the references window means that only the references that are the same will be kept in the references window, and the other ones will be discarded.
In the case that in a Special Find the option: 'Share them with the ones already in the references window' is chosen, and this special find with this option is repeated several times, several groups of characters can be highlighted in the text editor (as a result from the different searches) when a reference is activated in the references window.
Menu / Edit / Find and Replace (Ctrl+R) searches for text and allows to replace this text.
It consists of a:
* Search box to enter text: searches exacty (except case sensitive) for the sequence of characters entered into the "Search for" box.
* "Replace with" box: to enter text to replace the text searched for.
* Case sensitive: on or off.
* Search in current book and/or current chapter: on or off.
* Select books: some books or all, for details see Select books.
After you have entered the text to find and replace and clicked on find, a second Replace dialog opens, which gives the options:
* Do you with to replace this text: ... (text in unreplaced form).
* ... with this text? It can be edited also (suggested text in replaced form).
* There are four possible responses: Yes, No, All, Cancel
See Project Notes for more information.