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Old 01-21-2018, 10:51 PM   #8
davidfor
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Originally Posted by deback View Post
Thank you. When you're a fast typist, as I am, it really is the quickest way to get through the entire list of things I search for. I have Editpad open on the left side of my screen and just go down the list, one at a time, in the order I have all the strings listed in that text file.
Sorry, I find it impossible to think that:

- alt-tab to Editpad
- select the search text
- ctrl-c to copy the search text
- alt-tab to calibre
- ctrl-f to put the cursor in the find field
- ctrl-v to past the search text
- alt-tab to Editpad
- select the change text
- ctrl-c to copy the change text
- alt-tab to calibre
- tab to get to the change field
- ctrl-v to past the change text
- press enter to search
- press whatever to make the change (don't know what the keyboard shortcut is)
- repeat the last two for all occurrences in the file Or use change all if it is safe
- repeat all of the above for all of the search/changes

is faster than what I described. Even if I do one saved search at a time, all I am doing is selecting the next search in the list and pressing the buttons. And if I added in the number of mistakes I would expect in going through a long list, then doing it manually gets even worse.
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