Find Text in Captions Dialog

The Find Text in Captions dialog allows you to search for a specific string of text in all of the captions in your project. This includes the Script field in the Storyboard view and the caption fields in the Panel view, for all the panels in your storyboard. You can also use it to replace instances of a string of text with a different string.

Parameter Description

Find

The string of text to search.

Replace

To string of text to replace the original string with. You do not need to type anything in this field if you only want to search for text without replacing it.

Case sensitive

If enabled, the Find Text in Captions dialog will only find instances of the string in the Find field that match both its text content and its case.

For example, if the Case sensitive option is not checked, the search string "My Storyboard" will match against "my storyboard", "MY STORYBOARD" and "My Storyboard". If it is checked, the search string "My Storyboard" will only match against "My Storyboard", where every letter being in the same case.

Search results

Displays information about the results of the last search performed.

Direction

Allows you to decide in which direction to search for the text string:

  • Forward: Searches from the current position of the text cursor to the end of the selected caption field, then searches in the next caption fields in the current panel, and then in the ensuing panels.
  • Backward: Searches from the current position of the text cursor to the beginning of the caption field, and then searches in the previous caption fields in the current panel, and then in previous panels.

Find

Locates the next instance of the word or phrase in the Find field in your project, starting from the current position of the text cursor.

The panel in which the word is found will be selected. The caption field containing the word will scroll down to the location of the word, and the word itself will be highlighted.

Replace

If an instance of the string in the Find field is highlighted, this replaces this instance with the string in the Replace field, then finds the next instance of the string in the Find field and highlights it.

If no instance of the word in the Find field is highlighted, this button simply locates the next instance of the string in the Find field and highlights it, without replacing it, so that you can decide whether or not you want the next instance replaced. To replace the instance it finds, click Replace again.

Replace All

Replaces all instances of the string in the Find field with the string in the Replace field, in all the caption fields for your entire project.