The Find and Replace feature helps you search for and replace elements, such as text, URLs, fonts, and colors. Find and Replace can search the current document or multiple files.

Find and Replace works only in Fireworks PNG files or in files containing vector objects, such as FreeHand, uncompressed CorelDraw, and Illustrator files.

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Find panel

To select the source for the search:

  1. Open the document.
  2. Do one of the following to open the Find panel:
    • Select Window > Find.
    • Select Edit > Find.
    • Press Control+F (Windows) or Command+F (Macintosh).

    NOTE

    If the files you select are locked or checked in from a Adobe Dreamweaver site, you are prompted to unlock them or check them out before proceeding.

  3. From the Search pop-up menu, select a source for the search:

    Search Selection finds and replaces elements only among the currently selected objects and text.

    Search Frame finds and replaces elements only in the current frame.

    Search Document finds and replaces elements in the active document.

    Search Files finds and replaces elements across multiple files. If this option is not already selected in the Search pop-up menu, selecting it opens a dialog box in which you can select which files to search. If Search Files is already selected in the Search pop-up menu, you have the option to select which files to search after you begin the search operation by clicking Find, Replace, or Replace All.

  4. From the Find pop-up menu, select an attribute to search for. The options in the panel change according to your selection.
  5. Set the options for the selected Find attribute.
  6. Select a find-and-replace operation:

    Find locates the next instance of the element. Found elements appear selected in the document.

    Replace changes a found element with the contents of the Change To option.

    Replace All finds and replaces every occurrence of a found element throughout the search range.

    NOTE

    Replacing objects in multiple files automatically saves those files; you cannot reverse the change using Edit > Undo. For more information, see Finding and replacing during a batch process.