Find capitalized words (a powerfind example), Find capitalized words (a powerfind example) 304 – Nisus Writer Pro User Manual

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Using PowerFind

Finding and Replacing Text

Figure 333

The PowerFind Browser

Find capitalized words (a PowerFind example)

1. Open the document you need to revise and move the insertion point to the beginning of the

document or type the following into a new document

I went for a walk along the Atlantic City boardwalk and thought about all I
had missed. A few hours earlier she had asked me to join her for a trip
across New Jersey through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, the great Midwest
and over the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean in California.

Then complete these steps.

2. Choose the menu command Edit > Find > Show Find…, then choose the menu comand Gear >

Show PowerFind Browser… beneath Find what.

The PowerFind Browser window opens to offer more capabilities.

3. Select PowerFind Commands from the PowerFind column, then Wild Card from the

PowerFind Commands column and then UppercaseLetter from the Wild Card column to find
strings of characters that begin with a capital letter.

You can double-click UppercaseLetter or select it and click Insert.
Or

Choose the menu command Find what > Wild Card > UppercaseLetter inside the Find/
Replace window to find strings of characters that begin with a capital letter.

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As you insert the expression, the Using pop-up menu automatically switches from Normal Find to
PowerFind.

4. Select Wild Card from the PowerFind Commands column and then Select LowercaseLetter

from the Wild Card column to tell PowerFind that the word you’re looking for may contain some
lowercase letters after the initial capital letter.

You can double-click LowercaseLetter or select it and click Insert.
Or

Choose the menu command Find what > Wild Card > LowercaseLetter inside the Find/
Replace window.

5. Select Repeat from the PowerFind column, then 0+ from the Repeat column.

You can double-click 0+ or select it and click Insert.
Or

Choose the menu command Find what > Repeat > 0+ inside the Find/Replace window.

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