Thread: Search and replace sometimes doesn't work across all files
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Old 11-10-2021, 12:35 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Karellen View Post
Ahh, I was careless with my proof reading. Let me fix my post so it reads what I intended.

What I meant to say is:

I have also found that when I untick "Wrap" it works as expected on a single file in the Editor, but when using All Files, the unticked Wrap setting is ignored and it wraps around to the start of the book and replaces unwanted instances and I end up with, as an example, <em><em>some word</em></em> which means an additional S&R to clear that out.
Is this with a "Replace all" or "Replace and Find"? Just tried both with the wrap turned off. Repeatedly using "Replace and Find" stopped after it made the change in the last file in the book and didn't go back to the beginning of the book. "Replace all" does what is says and replaced all instances no matter were they are. Is that the problem? If it is, I hadn't even thought of it being wrong. To me it is correct. I have been caught by it when making a change. Test it on a couple and then do replace all and if the already changed one match, I get what you are seeing. To me that's expected and I handle it. Normally by undoing the change on the test replaces so I can use replace all.
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