{"id":12445,"date":"2024-09-03T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/?p=12445"},"modified":"2024-07-08T14:14:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:14:55","slug":"find-replace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/en\/find-replace\/","title":{"rendered":"Find\/Replace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Find\/Replace<\/strong> feature allows you to find a specific text entered under <strong>Persons<\/strong>, <strong>Families<\/strong>, <strong>Events<\/strong>, or <strong>Facts<\/strong> and to replace it with a new text, which you can type in directly.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Windows) Find\/Replace<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11738 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-07_10h04_56.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1434\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-07_10h04_56.png 1434w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-07_10h04_56-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-07_10h04_56-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-07_10h04_56-1024x656.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1434px) 100vw, 1434px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Mac) Find\/Replace<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11741 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/find_replace_mac.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/find_replace_mac.png 1020w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/find_replace_mac-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/find_replace_mac-768x523.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can search for text entered under:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>one of the following <strong>Persons<\/strong> fields: <strong>Prefix<\/strong>, <strong>Suffix<\/strong>, <strong>Nickname<\/strong>, <strong>Title<\/strong>, <strong>User Number<\/strong>, <strong>Person<\/strong> or <strong>Research Note<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>the union status <strong>Other union<\/strong> or a<strong> Family Note<\/strong> for a Spouse<\/li>\n<li>one of the following <strong>Events<\/strong> or <strong>Facts fields<\/strong>: <strong>Place Subdivision<\/strong>, <strong>Description\/Cause<\/strong>, <strong>Note<\/strong> or <strong>Name<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may access this feature:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>from the drop-down menu <strong>Find<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Find\/Replace<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>or by selecting the <strong>Search<\/strong> tab and the <strong>Find\/Replace<\/strong> sub-tab<\/li>\n<li>or by clicking on the <strong>Find <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16647\" src=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/recherche.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/strong> icon then on the <strong>Find\/Replace<\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16650\" src=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rechercher-remplacer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/> button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Searching for Text<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter the text you are looking for in the Text field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: if you leave this field blank, Heredis will look for all empty fields.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the Item pop-up menu to select the type of data you wish to edit.<\/li>\n<li>Specify where to search for the text you have just entered: <strong>In the entire file<\/strong> or <strong>In Smart Search results<\/strong>.<br \/>\n(For more details on this feature, refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/en\/smart-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smart Search<\/a> section).<\/li>\n<li>Check the <strong>Case sensitive<\/strong> box for Heredis to distinguish upper- and lower-case. It will be able, for instance, to look for \u201dhonest\u201d and replace it with \u201cHonest\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Check the <strong>Entire word<\/strong> box to prevent modifications within a word. This way you can replace, e.g. in the Place Subdivision field, the abbreviation \u201cst\u201d with \u201cStreet\u201d without affecting words such as \u201cNewcastle\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Find<\/strong> button to display all relevant matches found in your genealogy. The number of found occurrences is mentioned between parentheses in the Matches banner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(Windows) Matches<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11747\" src=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-07_10h25_09.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1434\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-07_10h25_09.png 1434w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-07_10h25_09-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-07_10h25_09-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-07_10h25_09-1024x656.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1434px) 100vw, 1434px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Mac) Matches<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11744\" src=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/find_and_replace_text_mac_EN-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1041\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/find_and_replace_text_mac_EN-1.png 1041w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/find_and_replace_text_mac_EN-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/find_and_replace_text_mac_EN-1-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/help.heredis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/find_and_replace_text_mac_EN-1-1024x678.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><br \/>\nRight below the list of matches, the searched text is displayed in red within each occurrence that was found. By default, all matches are selected \u2013 but you can uncheck, one by one, matches you do not want to modify. Conversely, you may prefer to click <strong>Deselect all<\/strong> and then check (only) the matches you want to modify.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Replacing text in your genealogy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter your new text in the field entitled <strong>Replace with.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Replace<\/strong> button to apply your changes to all the matches you have selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Find\/Replace feature allows you to find a specific text entered under Persons, Families, Events, or Facts and to replace [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[114],"class_list":["post-12445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-use-heredis","tag-searching"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Find\/Replace - 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