Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 196)

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Writer Express would find only the first instance of the word (the noun not the
proper noun).
“I hope that the writer in you will blossom with Nisus Writer Express.”
Whole Word When checked, Nisus Writer Express finds the Find Expression only if it forms an
entire word.
When unchecked, Nisus Writer Express finds the Find Expression even if it makes
up only a portion of a word.
For example, with Whole Word checked, Nisus Writer Express would not find the
word “hat” in “that.”
In Selection When chosen from the Where pop-up menu and you click any of the Find or
Replace buttons finds or replaces occurrences of the Find or Replace Expression
in the selected area of text only.
You can find or replace all instances simultaneously by clicking Find All or
Replace All.
Click Next to have Nisus Writer Express select the first instance from the
beginning of the selection (clicking Previous starts and the end of the selection).
Additional clicks of Next causes Nisus Writer Express to step through each
instance of the pattern in the original selection, and beep when you come to the
last one. In other words it remembers the selection, and finds “in selection”
relative to that original selection.
Click Replace & Find to have Nisus Writer Express replace the first instance from
the beginning of the selection and select the following instance.
Here to End When chosen from the Where pop-up menu and you click any of the Find or
Replace buttons finds or replaces occurrences of the Find or Replace Expression
from the insertion point to the end of the document only (does not “wrap around”).
Here to Start When chosen from the Where pop-up menu and you click any of the Find or
Replace buttons finds or replaces occurrences of the Find or Replace Expression
from the insertion point to the beginning of the document only (does not “wrap
around”).
Using PowerFind
PowerFind gives you powerful yet easy-to-use tools that extend the Normal Find and Replace
functions in Nisus Writer Express. There may be times when you need to find or replace text which
conforms to a complex description or which varies from place to place in your document. For
example, to find and highlight every paragraph that contains a semicolon. Searches of this type
would be impossible using conventional find-and-replace methods, but are quite simple using
PowerFind. In general, anything you can describe in words, you can find with PowerFind.
Everything you’ve learned about finding and replacing text with Normal Find applies to PowerFind.
In addition, what you learn about PowerFind serves as the basis for the more advanced PowerFind
Pro.
In this part of the documentation, you’ll learn what types of tasks you can do with PowerFind. You’ll
also find complete instructions for using both methods, along with plenty of examples of useful
“find” expressions for your convenience.
PowerFind is easy to use, and performs all the complex find and replace procedures available in
PowerFind Pro. PowerFind is “Menu” or “Browser” driven. You can type real words in the PowerFind
text edit box, but all of the power of PowerFind comes from the Find/Replace menus or Browser,
which are available from the “Gear” button and the Show PowerFind Browser… command at the
bottom of its menu in the Find/Replace window as illustrated in Figure 163 on page 178.
In PowerFind Pro you can enter the same expressions as with PowerFind, but you can also use
the keyboard to enter them.
When the Find/Replace window is in PowerFind mode the expressions of the PowerFind
Browser enter the Find/Replace window as “bubbles”.
When the Find/Replace window is in PowerFind Pro mode the expressions of the PowerFind
Browser enter the Find/Replace window as text.
About PowerFind
Use PowerFind to increase your productivity and simplify tedious writing and editing procedures.
Here are just a few ways to use PowerFind
• find all telephone numbers or addresses—even if they’re not all in the same format