The Search & Replace function allows you to quickly update text that occurs multiple times in the document. Foxit PDF Editor allows you to search for specific text and replace it with your new text.
- On the Edit tab, click the Search & Replace button. Or click in the Search box on the title bar and choose Search & Replace from the drop-down menu. Or press Ctrl + T on your keyboard.
- The Search & Replace window appears in the top-right corner of the application window.
- Type the text that you want to find and replace in the Find box, and the replacement text in the Replace With box. Only text objects in the document will be found, not including text in a bookmark, a comment, or form data.
- (Optional) You can specify settings for the search by clicking the cog icon in the Find box and selecting the following options:
- Whole Words Only: When selected, only instances that match the complete words specified in the Find box will be found.
- Case Sensitive: When selected, only instances that match the capitalization of the string specified in the Find box will be found.
- Properties: Specify the color and the opacity for the search results.
- Choose Previous or Next (or press the shortcut keys “Shift + F3” or “F3”) to locate the instance you need to replace. Then click Replace to replace it with the replacement text, or click Replace All to replace all instances of the search text in the document with the replacement text.