Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 198)

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Using the Find what and Replace with menus
The Find what and Replace with menus present all the basic find and replace commands you
might need to combine to create your Find or Replace Expression. In addition they contain
submenus containing recently found and replaced expressions, as well as saved expressions, along
with the tool to save them.
▶ Choose the commands you need from the Find what Gear pop-up menu or the Replace with
Gear pop-up menu.
This puts the “metacharacters” that represent the expression in the Find what and Replace
with text edit boxes.
Figure 163
The Find/Replace Window’s Find What menu
Using the PowerFind Browser
The PowerFind Browser is a floating window. It functions much as the Finder browser window.
When you select from the commands on the left, new options become available in the columns to
the right from which you can select more options.
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While it may appear to be a bit unwieldy, the PowerFind Browser is very useful because it can give
you an explanation of what each metacharacter means. As you become more comfortable building
your Find and Replace expressions, you may wish to use the menus as you graduate to PowerFind
Pro.
Open the PowerFind Browser
1. Open the Find/Replace window by choosing Show Find… from the Find submenu of the Edit
menu.
2. Choose Show PowerFind Browser… from the Find what Gear pop-up menu or the Replace
with Gear pop-up menu.
In addition to PowerFind Commands (as with the menus), the browser keeps track of Recent
Find Expressions, Recent Replace Expressions and even Saved Expressions that you may
have used at an earlier (no longer recent) session and decided to save.
Nisus Writer Express groups the PowerFind expressions into five sub-sets Special Positions,
Wild Card, Match, Special Characters, and Repeat. When you choose an option from any of
these columns, Nisus Writer Express inserts a graphic representation of the corresponding
option in the Find what or Replace with box.
Resize the PowerFind Browser
The PowerFind Browser opens so that you can see all three columns of PowerFind expressions
available. Below these expressions, two other areas appear