FindText

Toolbar Menu Shortcut

Drafting

Not on menus.

Ctrl (CMD) + F

The FindText command finds or replaces the specified text string in text objects, dimensions, or dots.

Steps

  1. Start the command.

  2. Enter the text string to find or replace.

    Text strings in hidden or locked annotations can not be found or replaced.

Find Text options

Find

Enter the text string to search for.

Find Next

Find and select the next annotation with the string in it.

Select All

Select all annotations with the string in them.

Replace

Enter the text string to replace.

Replace

Replace the string in the current annotation.

Replace All

Replace the string in all annotations.

Match case

Match the capitalization of the search string.

Whole word

Match only if a whole word is found, not when the string is part of another word.

Locate

Enable to pan or zoom the view.

Pan

Pan the view to the next match.

Zoom

Zoom the view in on the next match.

See also

Use text and dimensions for annotation