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USING ROBOHELP HTML 11
Working with topics
Last updated 6/12/2014
• (Advanced mode) Click the Advanced Mode icon. Select the filters and specify the text, tag, or attribute for
RoboHelp to build a regular expression.
Begins With
Specify phrases, words, or characters that should occur in the beginning of found instances.
Ends With
Specify phrases, words, or characters that should occur in the end of found instances.
Contains
Specify phrases, words, or characters that found instances should contain.
Does Not Contain
Specify phrases, words, or characters that found instances should not contain.
Note: In Advanced mode, the Multifile Find and Replace tool performs multiline search.
3 Type the text, tag, or attribute that you want to replace in the Replace With box.
If you want to search without replacing, leave the Replace With box empty.
4 To specify which files and folders to search, use the Look In option.
• By default, RoboHelp searches the current project. If you want to search specific files or folders, click the Browse
button and select the files or folders.
• (Optional) Select Include Subfolders.
5 To confine your search to specific file types within the current project, or the files or folders you have selected in the
previous step, use the Files Of Type option.
Note: The Multifile Find and Replace tool works best with text files.
6 (Optional) Use the following options to limit or filter your search:
Match Case
Searches text that exactly matches the case of the text that you want to find. For example, if you want to
search for
the quick fox
, you will not find the
The Quick Fox
.
Use Regular Expression
Lets you use MS Word-style or UNIX-style expressions to be interpreted as regular
expression operators. For more information, see “Use Microsoft-style regular expressions” on page 130.
Use WildCards
Lets you use wildcard characters (such as
*
,
?
) to represent one or more characters when you are
searching. For example,
index*
locates all instances of the word
index
as well as all files that begin with
index
, like
index.doc
and
index.txt
.
Note: When you use wildcards or regular expressions, the Match Whole Word and Ignore HTML tags options are
unavailable to indicate that these options are automatically turned off. You can’t turn on these options.
Match Whole Word
Searches for text that matches one or more complete words. For example, if you enter
nation
as the search term, you will not find
explanation
.
Exclude HTML Tags
Searches for a specific text string only in the content, ignoring any occurrence in HTML tags.
For example, a search for the string
title
will only find occurrences of the string in the content and not in HTML
tags, such as
<title>
.
Note: If you want to search for attributes, deselect the Exclude HTML Tags option.
7 (Optional) Use the following options while replacing text in files.
Make Backups
Backs up the original files before replacing text
Overwrite Backups
Lets you overwrite existing backups when you select Make Backups
Open Modified Files After Replace All
Opens each modified file in HTML Editor after replacing the text. You can
review the changes, undo the changes if required, and save the file.
Note: If this option is not selected, RoboHelp saves each modified file after replacing all instances.