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# Find & Replace

Finds or replaces text or formats in the current document.

To access this command...

Choose Edit - Find & Replace

Command Ctrl
+H

On Standard bar, click

Nađi i zamijeni

## Find

Enter the text that you want to find, or select a previous search from the list.

Search options are listed under the Find box and in the Other options area of the dialog.

## Match case

Distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase characters.

## Entire Cells Whole words only

Searches for whole words or cells that are identical to the search text.

## All sheets

Searches through all of the sheets in the current spreadsheet file.

## Replace

Enter the replacement text, or select a recent replacement text or style from the list.

Replacement options are listed under the Find box and in the Other options area of the dialog.

## Traži sve

Finds and selects all instances of the text or the format that you are searching for in the document (only in Writer and Calc documents).

## Find Previous

Finds and selects the previous occurrence of the text or format that you are searching for in the document.

## Find Next

Finds and selects the next occurrence of the text or format that you are searching for in the document.

## Zamijeni

Replaces the selected text or format that you searched for, and then searches for the next occurrence.

## Zamijeni sve

Replaces all of the occurrences of the text or format that you want to replace. Repeat this command until all replacements on your slide have been made.

## Other options

Shows more or fewer search options. Click this label again to hide the extended search options.

## Current selection only

Searches only the selected text or cells.

## Replace backwards

Search starts at the current cursor position and goes backwards to the beginning of the file.

## Regular expressions

Allows you to use wildcards in your search.

List of Regular Expressions

## Paragraph Styles / Including Styles Cell Styles

Searches for text formatted with the style that you specify. Select this checkbox, and then select a style from the Find list. To specify a replacement style, select a style from the Replace list.

After you select the attributes that you want to search for, the Paragraph Styles box in the Other options area of the LibreOffice Writer Find & Replace dialog changes to Including Styles.

If you want to search for text in which attributes were set by using direct formatting and styles, select the Including Styles box.

## Similarity Search

Find terms that are similar to the Find text. Select this checkbox, and then click the Similarities button to define the similarity options.

## Match character width (only if Asian languages are enabled)

Distinguishes between half-width and full-width character forms.

## Sounds like (Japanese) (only if Asian languages are enabled)

Lets you specify the search options for similar notation used in Japanese text. Select this checkbox, and then click the Sounds button to specify the search options.

Searching in Japanese

## Komentari

In Writer, you can select to include the comment texts in your searches.

## Attributes

Choose the text attributes that you want to search for. For example, if you search for the Font attribute, all instances of text that do not use the default font are found. All text that has a directly coded font attribute, and all text where a style switches the font attribute, are found.

Searching for Attributes

## Format

Finds specific text formatting features, such as font types, font effects, and text flow characteristics.

## No Format

Click in the Find or the Replace box, and then click this button to remove the search criteria based on formats.

The search criteria for formatting attributes are displayed under the Find or the Replace box.

## Direction

Determines the order for searching the cells.

### Rows

Searches from left to right across the rows.

### Columns

Searches from top to bottom through the columns.

## Search in

### Formulas

Searches for the characters that you specify in formulas and in fixed (not calculated) values. For example, you could look for formulas that contain 'SUM'.

### Values

Searches for the characters that you specify in values and in the results of formulas.

### Notes

Searches for the characters that you specify in the comments that are attached to the cells.

## Zatvori

Closes the dialog and saves all changes.

After you close the Find & Replace dialog, you can still search using the last search criteria that you entered, by pressing Shift+Command Ctrl
+F.

Related Topics

Using Wildcards in Text Searches

List of Regular Expressions

Finding and Replacing in Writer