Finding and Replacing Text
The Find and Replace window lets you locate and change a word (or a set of characters) in a Motion project. You can search in a selected text object, or in all text objects. This tool is useful for changes to long-form text objects, such as credit rolls.
To use Find and Replace
Choose Edit > Find and Replace (or press Command-F).
The Find and Replace window appears.
In the Find field, enter the text to search for; in the Replace Field enter the replacement text.
Select an option from the “Search in” pop-up menu:
To search the selected text, choose Selected Text Object.
To search all text, choose All Text Objects in Project.
Do one of the following:
To search for the Find text, press Enter, or click Next; to find the previous occurrence, click Previous.
To replace all occurrences of the Find text, click Replace All.
Note: To undo an operation performed in the Find and Replace window, click in the Canvas to make it active, then choose Edit > Undo Text Replace (or press Command-Z).
Do one of the following:
To replace the current selection, click Replace.
To replace the current selection and immediately find the next occurrence of the Find text, click Replace & Find.
The Find and Replace window contains the following controls:
Find: Enter the text to search for in this field.
Replace: If performing a find-and-replace operation, enter the replacement text in this field.
Search in: Use this pop-up menu to set the type of search operation to be performed. There are two options:
Selected Text Object: Performs the search or search-and-replace operation on only the selected text object.
All Text Objects in Project: Performs the search or search-and-replace operation on all text objects in the project.
Match case: Select this checkbox to search for words that match the capitalization of the words entered in the Find field. When this checkbox is not selected, the search ignores capitalization.
Whole words: Select this checkbox to search for whole words. When this checkbox is not selected, the search finds the specified text when it’s contained anywhere within words.
Loop search: Select this checkbox to have the search continue from the beginning of the text after reaching the end of the text. When Selected Text Object is chosen from the “Search in” pop-up menu, the search loops back to the beginning of the selected text object. When All Text Objects in Project is chosen from the “Search in” pop-up menu, the search loops back to the first text object in the project.