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Import Search/Replace List

Imports a list of search/replace pairs from Excel (.XLS files), Comma Separated Value (.CSV files) or Tab-delimited (.TAB files) formats. Note: Loading large lists from Excel is very slow - export your list to .CSV or .TAB and then import that instead.

You can import Unicode or special character replacements from Excel using this item. Note that some special characters may not display correctly- but the replacement will still occur correctly. The special characters are usually shown as question marks or hollow rectangles.

Columns required by the Import process (You can find sample import files in the Samples folder (in .tab, .csv and .xls format)):

Find what	Replace with	Search type	Search location	Match Case	Whole Word	Match Byte	Prompt	Inside Field Codes	First Only	Highlight
The text to find.	The text to replace it with.	0 - Normal search 1 - Use wildcards 2 - Sounds like 3 - Find all word forms 4 - EasyPattern 5 - Perl regex.	* see below *	TRUE to match case FALSE (default) to find both upper and lower case.	TRUE to match Whole Words Only FALSE (default) to match anywhere inside a word.	TRUE - Unicode (double-byte) characters match only Unicode (double-byte) characters FALSE (default) - Unicode (double-byte) characters match their ANSI (single-byte) equivalents.	TRUE to prompt on replace FALSE (default) to not prompt on replace.	TRUE to match inside field codes FALSE (default) to match anywhere.	TRUE to only replace once per document FALSE (default) to replace every occurrence.	0 for no highlight 1 to highlight replacements 2 to remove highlighting
e.g.
تنانتانتا نتانتاهعغهع	יעיעלחילחילח	0	7	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	0

Search Location Column

This column indicates one or more locations to search. Specify it by ADDING the numbers next to the search locations from the list below - DO NOT ADD A NUMBER MORE THAN ONCE.

1 - Body
2 - Headers
4 - Footers
8 - Inside hyperlink addresses
16 - Inside subdocument filenames
32 - Inside shapes/text boxes
64 - Inside inline shapes/text boxes
128 Built in properties
256 - Custom properties
512 - Bookmark names
1024 - Form drop down choices
2048 - Document template

e.g. to search inside the Body, Headers and Footers, add 1+2+4 giving a column value of 7. To search inside hyperlinks in headers, add 2+8 giving a column value of 10.

Export Search/Replace List

This option exports all of the search/replace terms in the grid to a new file, in Excel (.XLS files), Comma Separated Value (.CSV files) or Tab-delimited (.TAB files) formats.

This is useful if you've modified the search/replace pairs or search options and need to export them back to a file. It's also very handy for prototyping the information required to generate an Import file (see the option above).